Vol 1 Water and Urbanization
Tvedt, Terje, and Terje Oestigaard (eds)
I.B. Tauris, 2014
Introduction. Urban Water Systems – A Coceptual Framework
Terje Tvedt and Terje Oestigaard
Part I The First Cities, Their Localization and Structure
Aside the Spring: Tell Es-Sultan/Ancient Jericho: The Tale of an Early City and Water Control in Ancient Palestine
Lorenzo Nigro
Mohenjo-Daro, Indus Valley Civilization: Water Supply and Water Use in One of the Largest Bronze Age Cities of the Third Millennium bc
Michael Jansen
Xiâan: Water Management and the Development of City Planning in History
Xiaochang C. Wang and Rong Chen
Phoenician Cities and Water: The Role of the Sacred Sources in the Urban Development of Motya, Western Sicily
Federica Spagnoli
Waters at Babylon
Olof Pedersén
Water Control in Ancient Greek Cities
Demetris Koutsoyiannis and Anna Patrikiou
Plumbing Ancient Rome
Katherine Rinne
Part II Different Water Systems and Urban Developments Through History
Aksum: Water and Urbanization in Northern Ethiopia
Federica Sulas
Machu Picchu: Water Engineering in the Mountains
Kenneth R. Wright
The Water Supply of Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople
James Crow
Water Management in a Maritime Culture: The Swahili Coast of East Africa
Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Jeffrey Fleisher
Holy Wells, Hot Springs, and Royal Baths: Water and Sociocultural Developments in Medieval and Post-Medieval Ethiopia c.ad 700â1900
Niall Finneran
An Urban Structure Along the Sacred Waters of the Ganges in Varanasi
Savitri Jalais
Damascus: The Death of the Garden of Eden
Francesca de ChĂątel
An Environmental History of the Viennese Sanitation SystemâFrom Roman to Modern Times
Michael Neundlinger, Sylvia Gierlinger, Gudrun Pollack, and Fridolin Krausmann
Part III The Growth of the Modern City
New York: Water Management and Metropolitan Development
Betsy McCully
Paris: A History of Water, Sewers, and Urban Development
Sabine Barles and André Guillerme
Creating the Urban Hydraulic Machine: Water, Technology, and the Building of Boston
Michael J. Rawson
Manchester: Canals and the Development of the City During the Industrial Revolution
Peter Maw
Houstonâs Public Sinks: Water and Waste Water Services in the âEnergy Capitalâ of the World
Martin V. Melosi
Bergen: Water and Sewage in the Rainy City
Morten Hammerborg and Martin Byrkjeland
History of Water and Sanitation Services in the UrbanâRural ContextâThe Case of the City of Tampere, Finland
Tapio S. Katko and Petri S. Juuti
A History of Los Angelesâ Water Supply: Towards Reimagining the Los Angeles River
Irene J. Klaver and J. Aaron Frith
Dar es Salaam: The Development of Water Supply and Sewage Systems
Marianne Kjellén and Alphonce Kyessi
Rotterdam Dynamic Polder and Harbor City, Fransje L. Hooimeijer and Han Meyer, 26 Regulating Discretion: Privatization of Manilaâs Water Supply
Leong Ching and Xun Wu
Part IVâUrbanism and the Water Illusion
Mexico City: A Tale of Water Development, its Values, and Challenges
Patricia Romero-Lankao and Daniel M. Gnatz
The Singapore Water Story Re-Examined
Eduardo Araral and Leong Ching
Las Vegas: A City Gambling With Water
Leah J. Wilds