{"product_id":"urban-rivers-remaking-rivers-cities-and-space-in-europe-and-north-america-paperback","title":"Urban Rivers: Remaking Rivers, Cities, and Space in Europe and North America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephane Castonguay\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Evenden\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrban Rivers 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\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom protoindustrial fisheries, mills, and transportation networks, through industrial hydroelectric plants and sewage systems, to postindustrial reclamation and recreational use, Urban Rivers 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephane Castonguay (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eStéphane Castonguay\u003c\/b\u003e is Canada Research Chair in Environmental History at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eMetropolitan Natures: Environmental Histories of Montreal.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Evenden (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMatthew Evenden\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor in the department of geography and chair of Canadian Studies at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFish versus Power: An Environmental History of the Fraser River\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe River Returns: An Environmental History of the Bow.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53329681121587,"sku":"9780822961857","price":96.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bnUNXKh-uJ9780822961857.webp?v=1778171823","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/urban-rivers-remaking-rivers-cities-and-space-in-europe-and-north-america-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}