The fabric of space : water, modernity, and the urban imagination / Matthew Gandy.

Author/creator Gandy, Matthew
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2014.
Descriptionx, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-337) and index.
LCCN 2014013240
ISBN9780262028257 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0262028255 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks TC405 .G36 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold