{"product_id":"urban-rivers-stphane-castonguay-9780822961857","title":"Urban Rivers: Remaking Rivers, Cities, and Space in Europe and North America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrban Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e examines urban interventions on rivers through politics, economics, sanitation systems, technology, and societies; how rivers affected urbanization spatially, in infrastructure, territorial disputes, and in floodplains, and via their changing ecologies. Providing case studies from Vienna to Manitoba, the chapters assemble geographers and historians in a comparative survey of how cities and rivers interacted from the seventeenth century to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRising cities and industries were great agents of social and ecological changes, particularly during the nineteenth century, when mass populations and their effluents were introduced to river environments. Accumulated pollution and disease mandated the transfer of wastes away from population centers. In many cases, potable water for cities now had to be drawn from distant sites. These developments required significant infrastructural improvements, creating social conflicts over land jurisdiction and affecting the lives and livelihood of nonurban populations. The effective reach of cities extended and urban space was remade. By the mid-twentieth century, new technologies and specialists emerged to combat the effects of industrialization. Gradually, the health of urban rivers improved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom protoindustrial fisheries, mills, and transportation networks, through industrial hydroelectric plants and sewage systems, to postindustrial reclamation and recreational use, \u003ci\u003eUrban Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e documents how Western societies dealt with the needs of mass populations while maintaining the viability of their natural resources. The lessons drawn from this study will be particularly relevant to today's emerging urban economies situated along rivers and waterways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stéphane Castonguay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822961857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822961857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Stéphane Castonguay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926547464447,"sku":"9780822961857","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_04654fc1-4c98-4dcf-a2fb-dbcfa3c942b6.jpg?v=1681083679","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/urban-rivers-stphane-castonguay-9780822961857","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}