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Maria Kaika
City of Flows [PDF ebook]
Modernity, Nature, and the City

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Typically, cities and nature are perceived as geographic opposites, cities being manufactured social creations, and nature being outside of human construction. Through a historical geography of water in the modern city, Kaika shows that this is not the case. Rather, nature and the modern city are fully intertwined, with cities integrating nature at

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Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 216 ● ISBN 9781136797668 ● Maison d’édition Taylor and Francis ● Publié 2004 ● Téléchargeable 6 fois ● Devise EUR ● ID 2603975 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM

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