Rivers lost, rivers regained : rethinking city-river relations / edited by Martin Knoll, Uwe Lübken, Dieter Schott.

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"Rivers Lost, Rivers Regained discusses how cities have gained control and exerted power over rivers and waterways far upstream and downstream; how rivers and floodplains in cityscapes have been transformed by urbanization and industrialization; how urban rivers have been represented in cultural man...

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Uniform Title:History of the urban environment.
Other Authors: Knoll, Martin (Editor)
Lübken, Uwe (Editor)
Schott, Dieter (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017.
Series:History of the urban environment.
Subjects:
Rivers > Social aspects > History.
Cities and towns > History.
City and town life > History.
City planning > Environmental aspects > History.
Rivers > Regulation > History.
Waterways > History.
Floodplain management > History.
Social change > History.
Landscape changes > History.
Stream restoration > History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > General.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
Physical Description:ix, 413 pages : illustrations, maps.
Format: Book

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