Politics of urban runoff nature, technology, and the sustainable city /

Karvonen, Andrew, 1971-

Politics of urban runoff nature, technology, and the sustainable city / [electronic resource] : Andrew Karvonen. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011. - xiv, 288 p. : ill., map. - Urban and industrial environments . - Urban and industrial environments. .

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780262298704 (electronic bk.)




Urban runoff.
Water quality management--Political aspects.
Water quality--Texas--Austin.
Water quality--Washington (State)--Seattle.


Electronic books.

TD657 / .K374 2011

363.72/84