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Politics of urban runoff : nature, technology, and the sustainable city / Andrew Karvonen.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Urban and industrial environmentsPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011.Description: xiv, 288 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780262016339 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0262016338 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780262516341 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0262516349 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 363.72/84 22
LOC classification:
  • TD657 .K374 2011
Online resources:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Circulating Books Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Main Collection TD657 .K374 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3182700013457
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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