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Literature --- History of civilization --- History of Germany and Austria --- anno 1500-1799

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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 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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