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The Politics of Urban Water Changing Waterscapes in Amsterdam / Kimberley Kinder.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Athens : University of Georgia Press, (c)2015..Description: 1 online resource (x, 197 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780820348360
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HT178 .P655 2015
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Contents:
Subject: Fifty 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.
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Includes bibliographies 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; Z

Fifty 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.

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