The Power of Urban Water : Studies in Premodern Urbanism.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston :
Walter de Gruyter GmbH,
2020.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Click to View |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- 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 &
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- 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 19<
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- 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 13<
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- Century
- List of Contributors.


