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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. The four sections in 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. At the nexus between environmental, urban, and water histories, 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"--Provided by publisher. "Rivers Lost, Rivers Regained discusses 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 discusses more recent strategies to redefine and recreate the place of the river within the urban setting"--Provided by publisher.

Rivers --- Cities and towns --- City and town life --- City planning --- Brooks --- Creeks --- Runs (Rivers) --- Streams --- Bodies of water --- City life --- Town life --- Urban life --- Sociology, Urban --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Social aspects --- History. --- Environmental aspects --- Law and legislation --- Government policy --- Management --- Regulation

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In history, cities and nature are often treated as two separate fields of research. »Concepts of Urban-Environmental History« aims to bridge this gap. The contributions to this volume survey major concepts and key issues which have shaped recent debates in the field. They address unresolved questions and future challenges. As a handbook, the collection offers a comprehensive overview for researchers and students, both from a historical and an interdisciplinary background. »Es ist [...] sehr zu begrüßen, dass dieses zuletzt immer mehr an Bedeutung gewinnende Gebiet der Geschichtswissenschaften durch diesen ›Reader‹ nunmehr kompakt erschlossen wird.« Andreas Weigl, Wiener Geschichtsblätter, 2 (2020) Besprochen in: Literaturdatenbank ORLIS, 7 (2020)

Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Écologie urbaine --- City planning. --- Design urbain --- Écologie urbaine --- Urban History; Environmental History; Urban Development; Materiality; Urban-Environmental History; Nature; City; Cultural History; Urban Studies; History of the 20th Century; History --- City. --- Cultural History. --- Environmental History. --- History of the 20th Century. --- History. --- Materiality. --- Nature. --- Urban Development. --- Urban Studies. --- Urban-Environmental History.

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Climate change, increasing resource scarcity, and rising traffic volumes are forcing us to develop new environmentally friendly and people-oriented mobility options. With the expansion of digital information systems, we will soon be able to reconfigure different modes of transport to suit our needs. These developments represent a significant challenge for designing a wide range of different mobility spaces. While Volume 1 of this series focused on practical aspects, Volume 2 collects research methods and findings from the fields of design, architecture, urban planning, geography, social sciences, traffic planning, psychology, and communication technologies. The book’s consideration of the possibilities and prospects of usercentred mobility design offers an important contribution to the ongoing debate concerning the mobility revolution. Klimawandel und Ressourcenverknappung, aber auch der stetig steigende Verkehrsaufwand machen es unabdingbar, neue Lösungen für eine umweltschonende und menschenfreundliche Mobilität zu entwickeln. Mit dem Ausbau digitaler Informationssysteme werden wir zukünftig unterschiedliche Verkehrsträger entsprechend unseren Bedürfnissen leicht kombinieren können. Diese Entwicklungen sind für die Gestaltung verschiedener Mobilitätsräume eine große Herausforderung. Lag der Schwerpunkt in Band 1 auf der Praxis, versammelt Band 2 nun Forschungen aus den Bereichen Design, Architektur, Stadtplanung, Geografie, Sozialwissenschaft, Verkehrsplanung, Psychologie und Kommunikationstechnologie. Die aktuelle Diskussion über die Verkehrswende wird um die Perspektive des nutzer*innenzentrierten Mobilitätsdesigns erweitert.

Mobility. --- bicycle. --- car-free. --- car. --- climate change. --- climate-friendly. --- electromobility. --- future studies. --- health. --- infrastructure. --- innovation. --- mobility change. --- mobility concept. --- mobility design. --- mobility transition. --- public transport. --- resource scarcity. --- rethinking. --- supply chains. --- sustainability. --- urban development. --- urban planning.