LEADER 04683nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910457783303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-262-29782-5 010 $a1-283-30281-0 010 $a9786613302816 010 $a0-262-29870-8 024 8 $a9786613302816 035 $a(CKB)2550000000063368 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540177 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11367106 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540177 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10580961 035 $a(PQKB)11351606 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339323 035 $a(OCoLC)760886308$z(OCoLC)759036888$z(OCoLC)778616595$z(OCoLC)816867509$z(OCoLC)961563652$z(OCoLC)962674098$z(OCoLC)966253569$z(OCoLC)984651313$z(OCoLC)988436028$z(OCoLC)991919899$z(OCoLC)1037907903$z(OCoLC)1038604754$z(OCoLC)1045552821$z(OCoLC)1055327801$z(OCoLC)1066571157$z(OCoLC)1077256734$z(OCoLC)1081231320 035 $a(OCoLC-P)760886308 035 $a(MaCbMITP)8953 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339323 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509219 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL330281 035 $a(OCoLC)760886308 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000063368 100 $a20110209d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPolitics of urban runoff$b[electronic resource] $enature, technology, and the sustainable city /$fAndrew Karvonen 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dc2011 215 $axiv, 288 p. $cill., map 225 1 $aUrban and industrial environments 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-51634-9 311 $a0-262-01633-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe dilemma of water in the city -- Urban runoff and the city of relations -- Saving the springs : urban expansion and water quality in Austin -- After the flood : retrofitting Austin's urban core to accommodate growth -- Metronatural : inventing and taming nature in Seattle -- Reasserting the place of nature in Seattle's urban creeks -- Politics of urban runoff : building relations through active citizenship -- Towards the relational city : imaginaries, expertise, experiments. 330 $aA study of urban stormwater runoff that explores the relationships among nature, technology, and society in cities. When rain falls on the city, it creates urban runoff that cause flooding, erosion, and water pollution. Municipal engineers manage a complex network of technical and natural systems to treat and remove these temporary water flows from cities as quickly as possible. Urban runoff is frequently discussed in terms of technical expertise and environmental management, but it encompasses a multitude of such nontechnical issues as land use, quality of life, governance, aesthetics, and community identity, and is central to the larger debates on creating more sustainable and livable cities. In this book, Andrew Karvonen uses urban runoff as a lens to view the relationships among nature, technology, and society. Offering theoretical insights from urban environmental history, human geography, landscape and ecological planning, and science and technology studies as well as empirical evidence from case studies, Karvonen proposes a new relational politics of urban nature. After describing the evolution of urban runoff practices, Karvonen analyzes the urban runoff activities in Austin and Seattle--two cities known for their highly contested public debates over runoff issues and exemplary storm water management practices. The Austin case study highlights the tensions among urban development, property rights, land use planning, and citizen activism; the Seattle case study explores the city's long-standing reputation for being in harmony with nature. Drawing on these accounts, Karvonen suggests a new relational politics of urban nature that is situated, inclusive, and action-oriented to address the tensions among nature, technology, and society. 410 0$aUrban and industrial environments. 606 $aUrban runoff 606 $aWater quality management$xPolitical aspects 606 $aWater quality$zTexas$zAustin 606 $aWater quality$zWashington (State)$zSeattle 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUrban runoff. 615 0$aWater quality management$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aWater quality 615 0$aWater quality 676 $a363.72/84 700 $aKarvonen$b Andrew$f1971-$0329543 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457783303321 996 $aPolitics of urban runoff$92227873 997 $aUNINA