The Power of Urban Water : Studies in Premodern Urbanism / / Chiarenza Nicola, Annette Haug, Ulrich Müller
| The Power of Urban Water : Studies in Premodern Urbanism / / Chiarenza Nicola, Annette Haug, Ulrich Müller |
| Autore | Müller Ulrich |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | De Gruyter, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 272 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.1/2160902 |
| Soggetto topico |
City planning - Europe - History - To 1500
Municipal water supply |
| ISBN |
9783110677065
3110677067 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Nature to Topography -- 3. Fountains and the Ancient City -- 4. Water, Social Space and Architecture at Selinous: the Case of the Urban Sanctuary -- 5. Fountains and Basins in Greek Sanctuaries -- 6. Water in Early Christian Ritual: Baptism and Baptisteries in Corinth -- 7. Aquatic Pasts & the Watery Present: Water and Memory in the Fora of Rome -- 8. Water and Decentring Urbanism in the Roman Period: Urban Materiality, Post-Humanism and Identity -- 9. Water and Urban Structures in the Narrative Worlds of Courtly Novels − Aesthetic and Symbolic Functions -- 10. Syracusan Water Networks in Antiquity -- 11. Meeting Water Needs as a Major Challenge in an Urban Context -- 12. Ice Jams and their Impact on Urban Communities from a Long-term Perspective (Middle Ages to the 19th Century) -- 13. Medieval and Post-Medieval Urban Water Supply and Sanitation -- 14. Harbourscapes -- 15. Human Impact on Hydrology -- 16. Water as an Economic Resource and as an Environmental Challenge Within the Urbanisation Process of the Rhine Valley in the 13th Century -- List of Contributors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910404117203321 |
Müller Ulrich
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| De Gruyter, 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Power of Urban Water : Studies in Premodern Urbanism / / Chiarenza Nicola, Annette Haug, Ulrich Müller
| The Power of Urban Water : Studies in Premodern Urbanism / / Chiarenza Nicola, Annette Haug, Ulrich Müller |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 272 p.) |
| Disciplina | 307.1/2160902 |
| Soggetto topico |
City planning - Europe - History - To 1500
Municipal water supply |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Urbanity
Water |
| ISBN | 3-11-067706-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Nature to Topography -- 3. Fountains and the Ancient City -- 4. Water, Social Space and Architecture at Selinous: the Case of the Urban Sanctuary -- 5. Fountains and Basins in Greek Sanctuaries -- 6. Water in Early Christian Ritual: Baptism and Baptisteries in Corinth -- 7. Aquatic Pasts & the Watery Present: Water and Memory in the Fora of Rome -- 8. Water and Decentring Urbanism in the Roman Period: Urban Materiality, Post-Humanism and Identity -- 9. Water and Urban Structures in the Narrative Worlds of Courtly Novels − Aesthetic and Symbolic Functions -- 10. Syracusan Water Networks in Antiquity -- 11. Meeting Water Needs as a Major Challenge in an Urban Context -- 12. Ice Jams and their Impact on Urban Communities from a Long-term Perspective (Middle Ages to the 19th Century) -- 13. Medieval and Post-Medieval Urban Water Supply and Sanitation -- 14. Harbourscapes -- 15. Human Impact on Hydrology -- 16. Water as an Economic Resource and as an Environmental Challenge Within the Urbanisation Process of the Rhine Valley in the 13th Century -- List of Contributors |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996344226703316 |
| Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2020] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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