The Power of Urban Water : Studies in Premodern Urbanism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chiarenza, Nicola.
Other Authors: Haug, Annette., Müller, Ulrich.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2020.
Edition:1st ed.
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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 &amp
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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&lt
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  • 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&lt
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  • Century
  • List of Contributors.