ISBN:
0262028255
,
9780262028257
,
9780262533720
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 351 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
,
Ill., Kt.
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Gandy, Matthew, 1965 - The Fabric of space
DDC:
333.91/15
Keywords:
Water resources development
;
Sewerage
;
Water use Social aspects
;
Municipal water supply Economic aspects
;
City and town life
;
Urban ecology (Sociology)
;
Stadt
;
Wasserversorgung
;
Abwasserbeseitigung
Abstract:
Periodicities and metabolisms -- The Paris sewers and the rationalization of urban space -- Borrowed light: journeys through Weimar Berlin -- Mosquitoes, modernity, and post-colonial Lagos -- Water, poverty, and urban fragmentation in Mumbai -- Tracing the Los Angeles River -- Fears, fantasies, and floods : the inundation of London
Description / Table of Contents:
Periodicities and metabolisms -- The Paris sewers and the rationalization of urban space -- Borrowed light : journeys through Weimar Berlin -- Mosquitoes, modernity, and post-colonial Lagos -- Water, poverty, and urban fragmentation in Mumbai -- Tracing the Los Angeles River -- Fears, fantasies, and floods : the inundation of London.
Note:
Bibliography S. [303]-337
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=43568
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