03150nam 2200649 450 991078800170332120230126211206.00-8203-4795-7(CKB)2670000000608426(EBL)2008641(SSID)ssj0001459692(PQKBManifestationID)12611412(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001459692(PQKBWorkID)11464354(PQKB)10245461(MiAaPQ)EBC2008641(Au-PeEL)EBL2008641(CaPaEBR)ebr11042585(CaONFJC)MIL763447(OCoLC)908101065(EXLCZ)99267000000060842620150420h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe politics of urban water changing waterscapes in Amsterdam /Kimberley KinderAthens, Georgia ;London, [England] :The University of Georgia Press,2015.©20151 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8203-4794-9 0-8203-4836-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Politics of Urban Water; Chapter 1 Hippies on Houseboats; Chapter 2 Queers on Parade; Chapter 3 Heritage Buffs on Canals; Chapter 4 Planners on Harbors; Chapter 5 Ecologists on Islands; Chapter 6 Investors on Floodplains; Conclusion: The Everyday Politics of Urban Water; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; ZFifty years ago, urban waterfronts were industrial, polluted, and diseased. Today, luxury homes and shops line riverbanks, harbors, and lakes across Europe and North America. The visual drama of physical reconstruction makes this transition look swift and decisive, but reimaging water is a slow process, punctuated by small cultural shifts and informal spatial seizures that change the meaning of wet urban spaces. In The Politics of Urban Water , Kimberley Kinder explores how active residents in Amsterdam deployed their cityscape when rallying around these concerns, turning space into a vehicle Urban renewalNetherlandsAmsterdamCitizen participationHistory20th centuryUrban renewalPolitical aspectsNetherlandsAmsterdamUrban renewalSocial aspectsNetherlandsAmsterdamWaterfrontsNetherlandsAmsterdamSociology, UrbanNetherlandsAmsterdamUrban renewalCitizen participationHistoryUrban renewalPolitical aspectsUrban renewalSocial aspectsWaterfrontsSociology, Urban307.3/41609492352SOC015000POL002000SOC026030bisacshKinder Kimberley1156001MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788001703321The politics of urban water3859384UNINA