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oapen-20.500.12657-591992022-11-11T03:22:16Z River Cities in Asia Padawangi, Rita Rabé, Paul Perkasa, Adrian River cities, Southeast Asia, development bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AM Architecture::AMV Landscape art & architecture::AMVD City & town planning - architectural aspects bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology::TQS Sanitary & municipal engineering::TQSW Water supply & treatment River Cities in Asia uncovers the intimate relationship between rivers and cities in Asia from a multi-disciplinary perspective in the humanities and the social sciences. As rivers have shaped human settlement patterns, economies, culture and rituals, so too have humans impacted the flow and health of rivers. In Asia, the sheer scale of urbanization increases the urgency of addressing challenges facing urban rivers, leading to the importance of historically, socially, and culturally relevant solutions. However, cities are also uneven landscapes of power, affecting chances to achieve holistic ecological approaches. The central premise of River Cities in Asia is that a “river city” is one where proximity between a river and a city exists across time and space, natural and social dimensions. Recognition of these deep connections can help to better contextualize policy solutions aimed at rivers and their ecologies, including human life. 2022-11-10T11:03:11Z 2022-11-10T11:03:11Z 2022 book 9789463721851 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59199 eng Asian Cities application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9789048553372.pdf https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-90-485-5337-2-highres.jpg; https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-90-485-5337-2-frontcover.jpg; https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-90-485-5337-2-thumb.jpg Amsterdam University Press 10.5117/9789463721851 10.5117/9789463721851 dd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a 9789463721851 18 296 Amsterdam open access
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River Cities in Asia uncovers the intimate relationship between rivers and cities in Asia from a multi-disciplinary perspective in the humanities and the social sciences. As rivers have shaped human settlement patterns, economies, culture and rituals, so too have humans impacted the flow and health of rivers. In Asia, the sheer scale of urbanization increases the urgency of addressing challenges facing urban rivers, leading to the importance of historically, socially, and culturally relevant solutions. However, cities are also uneven landscapes of power, affecting chances to achieve holistic ecological approaches. The central premise of River Cities in Asia is that a “river city” is one where proximity between a river and a city exists across time and space, natural and social dimensions. Recognition of these deep connections can help to better contextualize policy solutions aimed at rivers and their ecologies, including human life.
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