River Cities in Asia : Waterways in Urban Development and History

River Cities in Asia Waterways in Urban Development and History

River Cities in Asia uncovers the intimate relationship between rivers and cities in Asia from a multi-disciplinary perspective in the humanities and the social sciences. As rivers have shaped human settlement patterns, economies, culture and rituals, so too have humans impacted the flow and health...

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Otros Autores: Coelho, Karen, contributor (contributor), Damayanti, Vera D., contributor (editor), Dick, Howard, contributor, Follmann, Alexander, contributor, Guahk, Youngah, contributor, Kanungo, Pralay, contributor, Liao, Kuei-Hsien, contributor, Padawangi, Rita, contributor, Padawangi, Rita, editor, Perkasa, Adrian, contributor, Perkasa, Adrian, editor, Prescott, Michaela F., contributor, Rabé, , editor, Rabé, Paul, contributor, Stein, Emma Natalya, contributor, Zhao, Xiaomei, contributor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press [2022]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Asian Cities Series
Materias:
Cities and towns > Asia.
ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning.
River cities, Southeast Asia, development.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009697382106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 River Cities in Asia
  • 2 Water World to Inundation
  • 3 From the City to the Sea
  • 4 The Political Economy of Banjarmasin’s River Landscape during the Sultanate Period (1526–1860)
  • 5 Through the Passage and across the Worlds
  • 6 Challenges to an Iconic River-City
  • 7 River-Edge Relationships
  • 8 Recovering the Stream
  • 9 Water’s Edge Urbanisms along the Buckingham Canal in Chennai
  • 10 The Social Downside of Flood Control
  • 11 Hybrid Riverscapes
  • Index

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