TY - BOOK ID - 78403281 TI - Rivers lost, rivers regained AU - Knoll, Martin AU - Lübken, Uwe AU - Schott, Dieter PY - 2017 SN - 0822981599 9780822981596 9780822944591 0822944596 PB - Pittsburgh, Pa. DB - UniCat KW - Rivers KW - Cities and towns KW - City and town life KW - City planning KW - Brooks KW - Creeks KW - Runs (Rivers) KW - Streams KW - Bodies of water KW - City life KW - Town life KW - Urban life KW - Sociology, Urban KW - Civic planning KW - Land use, Urban KW - Model cities KW - Redevelopment, Urban KW - Slum clearance KW - Town planning KW - Urban design KW - Urban development KW - Urban planning KW - Land use KW - Planning KW - Art, Municipal KW - Civic improvement KW - Regional planning KW - Urban policy KW - Urban renewal KW - Social aspects KW - History. KW - Environmental aspects KW - Law and legislation KW - Government policy KW - Management KW - Regulation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78403281 AB - "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. ER -