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.