Title & Author:

Rivertown : rethinking urban rivers / edited by Paul Stanton Kibel.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.

Description:

216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Urban and industrial environments

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index.
Bankside urban: an introduction / Paul Stanton Kibel -- Bankside Los Angeles / Robert Gottlieb and Adrea Misako Azuma -- Bankside Washington, D.C. / Uwe Steven Brandes -- Bankside Chicago / Christopher Theriot and Kelly Tzoumis -- Bankside Salt Lake City / Ron Love -- Bankside San Jose / Richard Roos-Collins -- Bankside Federal / Melissa Samet -- Bankside citizens / Mike Houck -- Bankside Katrina: a postscript / Paul Stanton Kibel.
Also issued online.

Summary:

'Riverton' examines urban river restoration efforts across the United States, presenting case studies from Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Chicago, Salt Lake City and San José. It also analyses the roles of the federal government (particularly the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) and citizen activism in urban river politics.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9780262113076 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0262113074 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780262612197 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0262612194 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Urban renewal United States.
Waterfronts United States.
Rénovation urbaine États-Unis.
Fronts de mer États-Unis.
Urban renewal
Waterfronts
Bauen am Wasser
Fluss
Rekultivierung
Wasserwirtschaft
Villes Rénovation États-Unis.
United States
USA

Added entries:

Kibel, Paul Stanton.
Urban and industrial environments.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 253972
Call No.: BIB 183798
Status: Available