Rivers Lost, Rivers Regained: Rethinking City-river Relations (pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ)
by Uwe Lubken /
2017 / English / PDF
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Many cities across the globe are rediscovering their rivers.
After decades or even centuries of environmental decline and
cultural neglect, waterfronts have been vamped up and become
focal points of urban life again; hidden and covered streams have
been daylighted while restoration projects have returned urban
rivers in many places to a supposedly more natural state. This
volume traces the complex and winding history of how cities have
appropriated, lost, and regained their rivers. But rather than
telling a linear story of progress, the chapters of this book
highlight the ambivalence of these developments.
Many cities across the globe are rediscovering their rivers.
After decades or even centuries of environmental decline and
cultural neglect, waterfronts have been vamped up and become
focal points of urban life again; hidden and covered streams have
been daylighted while restoration projects have returned urban
rivers in many places to a supposedly more natural state. This
volume traces the complex and winding history of how cities have
appropriated, lost, and regained their rivers. But rather than
telling a linear story of progress, the chapters of this book
highlight the ambivalence of these developments.
The four sections in
The four sections inRivers Lost, Rivers Regained
Rivers Lost, Rivers Regained discuss
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 manifestations, such as novels and songs; and how more
recent strategies work to redefine and recreate the place of the
river within the urban setting.
discuss
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 manifestations, such as novels and songs; and how more
recent strategies work to redefine and recreate the place of the
river within the urban setting.
At the nexus between environmental, urban, and water histories,
At the nexus between environmental, urban, and water histories,Rivers Lost, Rivers Regained
Rivers Lost, Rivers Regained points out how the
urban-river relationship can serve as a prime vantage point to
analyze fundamental issues of modern environmental attitudes and
practices.
points out how the
urban-river relationship can serve as a prime vantage point to
analyze fundamental issues of modern environmental attitudes and
practices.