City of Flows: Modernity, Nature, and the City (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415947169)

Typically, cities and nature are perceived as geographic opposites, cities being manufactured social creations, and nature being outside of human construction. Through a historical geography of water in the modern city, Kaika shows that this is not the case. Rather, nature and the modern city are fully intertwined, with cities integrating nature at every level of activity. While her empirical focus is on Athens, she discusses other major cities in the West, including London and New York.

Author: Maria Kaika
ISBN-10: 0415947162
ISBN-13: 9780415947169
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/27/2004
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.84w x 0.45d