The Power of Urban Water : : Studies in Premodern Urbanism.

• Author: Chiarenza, Nicola.
• TeilnehmendeR: Haug, Annette.; Müller, Ulrich.
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin/Boston : : Walter de Gruyter GmbH,, 2020.; ©2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Nature to Topography -- 3. Fountains and the Ancient City -- 4. Water, Social Space and Architecture at Selinous: the Case of the Urban Sanctuary -- 5. Fountains and Basins in Greek Sanctuaries -- 6. Water in Early Christian Ritual: Baptism and Baptisteries in Corinth -- 7. Aquatic Pasts &amp -- amp -- the Watery Present: Water and Memory in the Fora of Rome -- 8. Water and Decentring Urbanism in the Roman Period: Urban Materiality, Post-Humanism and Identity -- 9. Water and Urban Structures in the Narrative Worlds of Courtly Novels − Aesthetic and Symbolic Functions -- 10. Syracusan Water Networks in Antiquity -- 11. Meeting Water Needs as a Major Challenge in an Urban Context -- 12. Ice Jams and their Impact on Urban Communities from a Long-term Perspective (Middle Ages to the 19&lt -- sup&gt -- th&lt -- /sup&gt -- Century) -- 13. Medieval and Post-Medieval Urban Water Supply and Sanitation -- 14. Harbourscapes -- 15. Human Impact on Hydrology -- 16. Water as an Economic Resource and as an Environmental Challenge Within the Urbanisation Process of the Rhine Valley in the 13&lt -- sup&gt -- th&lt -- /sup&gt -- Century -- List of Contributors.