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River cities, City Rivers is a beguiling and fascinating book, exploring the connectivity between humans and their river environments in the development of urban riparian communities. Global in scale, the book presents in a series of essays an examination of the economic and cultural development of both individual cities, and city regions, historical and contemporary, in tandem with their riparian resources. The premise of the book is to reflect upon the intertwined histories of key cities with their waterscapes; and the intractable relationship between them. Underpinning the book is a desire to draw attention to human endeavours to both manage, and adapt to, changing riverine conditions. Editor Thaisa Way has brought together writers whose speciality reflects the diversity of the river cities explored, including urban planners, architects, historians and cultural anthropologists. As a result the voices of the chapter authors ring clearly and distinctly, so that each city explored has its own unique identity imprinted upon the pages. As an exercise in interdisciplinarity the book works towards a unified view of understanding cities as ‘biophysical, historical and constructed landscapes’. Moreover, the book’s stated intent is to push existing scholarship on river-city relationships to move past a focus which is centred on the economic role that rivers play in shaping their cityscapes. Instead, Way’s aim is to provide synergy with other disciplines to understand the complex and dynamic interplay between rivers as natural, elemental forces juxtaposed against the city’s inherent rationality and drive to exist despite challenging attendant environments. The book is presented in three sections. In the first the emphasis is given to the ongoing resilience of four geographical spaces under focus; Rome; Lyon; Shahjahanabad and the cities of the meandering Yellow River lower delta in China. In this opening section we are presented with essays which ask us to consider the ways in which the rivers in question have shaped ...
River cities, City Rivers is a beguiling and fascinating book, exploring the connectivity between humans and their river environments in the development of urban riparian communities. Global in scale, the book presents in a series of essays an examination of the economic and cultural development of both individual cities, and city regions, historical and contemporary, in tandem with their riparian resources. The premise of the book is to reflect upon the intertwined histories of key cities with their waterscapes; and the intractable relationship between them. Underpinning the book is a desire to draw attention to human endeavours to both manage, and adapt to, changing riverine conditions. Editor Thaisa Way has brought together writers whose speciality reflects the diversity of the river cities explored, including urban planners, architects, historians and cultural anthropologists. As a result the voices of the chapter authors ring clearly and distinctly, so that each city explored has its own unique identity imprinted upon the pages. As an exercise in interdisciplinarity the book works towards a unified view of understanding cities as ‘biophysical, historical and constructed landscapes’. Moreover, the book’s stated intent is to push existing scholarship on river-city relationships to move past a focus which is centred on the economic role that rivers play in shaping their cityscapes. Instead, Way’s aim is to provide synergy with other disciplines to understand the complex and dynamic interplay between rivers as natural, elemental forces juxtaposed against the city’s inherent rationality and drive to exist despite challenging attendant environments. The book is presented in three sections. In the first the emphasis is given to the ongoing resilience of four geographical spaces under focus; Rome; Lyon; Shahjahanabad and the cities of the meandering Yellow River lower delta in China. In this opening section we are presented with essays which ask us to consider the ways in which the rivers in question have shaped ...
River Cities, City Rivers
Gearey, Mary (author)
2019-11-01
Gearey , M 2019 , ' River Cities, City Rivers ' , Environment, Place, Space , vol. Fall, 2019 .
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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