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Author Karvonen, Andrew, 1971-

Title Politics of urban runoff [electronic resource] : nature, technology, and the sustainable city / Andrew Karvonen.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiv, 288 p. : ill., map.
Series Urban and industrial environments
Urban and industrial environments.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Urban runoff.
Water quality management -- Political aspects.
Water quality -- Texas -- Austin.
Water quality -- Washington (State) -- Seattle.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780262516341 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780262016339
9780262298704 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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