UID:
almafu_9959231675602883
Format:
1 online resource (208 p.)
ISBN:
0-8203-4795-7
Content:
Fifty years ago, urban waterfronts were industrial, polluted, and diseased. Today, luxury homes and shops line riverbanks, harbors, and lakes across Europe and North America. The visual drama of physical reconstruction makes this transition look swift and decisive, but reimaging water is a slow process, punctuated by small cultural shifts and informal spatial seizures that change the meaning of wet urban spaces. In The Politics of Urban Water , Kimberley Kinder explores how active residents in Amsterdam deployed their cityscape when rallying around these concerns, turning space into a vehicle
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Politics of Urban Water; Chapter 1 Hippies on Houseboats; Chapter 2 Queers on Parade; Chapter 3 Heritage Buffs on Canals; Chapter 4 Planners on Harbors; Chapter 5 Ecologists on Islands; Chapter 6 Investors on Floodplains; Conclusion: The Everyday Politics of Urban Water; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Z
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8203-4794-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8203-4836-8
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
