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Autore |
Gandy Matthew |
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The fabric of space : water, modernity, and the urban imagination / / Matthew Gandy |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (362 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Water resources development |
Sewerage |
Water use - Social aspects |
Municipal water supply - Economic aspects |
City and town life |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Periodicities and metabolisms -- The Paris sewers and the rationalization of urban space -- Borrowed light : journeys through Weimar Berlin -- Mosquitoes, modernity, and post-colonial Lagos -- Water, poverty, and urban fragmentation in Mumbai -- Tracing the Los Angeles River -- Fears, fantasies, and floods : the inundation of London. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A study of water at the intersection of landscape and infrastructure in Paris, Berlin, Lagos, Mumbai, Los Angeles, and London. |
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