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Krakow : an ecobiography /
"Like most cities, Poland's Krakow developed around and because of its favorable geography. Before Warsaw, Krakow served as Poland's capital for half a millennium. It has functioned as a cultural center, an industrial center, a center of learning, and home for millions of people. Behi...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés Polaco |
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Pittsburgh :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2021]
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| Édition: | [Revised version]. |
| Collection: | Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ Ser.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction. Environmental History and Krakow | Adam Izdebski and Rafal Szmytka
- Chapter 1. The Climate History of Krakow | Konrad Wnęk, Adam Izdebski, and Leszek Kowanetz
- Chapter 2. Krakow and Its Rivers | Andrzej Chwalba, with a contribution by Konrad Wnęk
- Chapter 3. Plants in the Lives of Medieval Cracovians | Aldona Mueller-Bieniek
- Chapter 4. A City Is Not an Island: Early Modern Krakow and Natural Resources | Piotr Miodunka
- Chapter 5. Pollution in Early Modern Krakow | Rafal Szmytka
- Chapter 6. Industrialization: The Environmental End of Old Krakow? | Ewelina Szpak
- Chapter 7. The History of Krakow Smog | Adam Izdebski and Konrad Wnęk
- Chapter 8. The Power of Myth: The Imagined Nature of Krakow | Malgorzata Praczyk
- Notes
- Bibliography
- List of Contributors
- Index