Book ID: CBB701112149

Montreal, City of Water: An Environmental History (2017)

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Dagenais, Michèle (Author)


UBC Press


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 256
Language: English

Built within an exceptional watershed, Montreal is intertwined with the waterways that ring its island and flow beneath it in underground networks. Montreal, City of Water focuses on water not only as a physical element – both shaping and shaped by urban development – but also as a sociocultural component of the life of the city. This unique study considers how water has produced and transformed urban space over two centuries. It traces the history of Montreal’s urbanization, shining a light on current concerns about water pollution, rehabilitation, and public access to the riverfront – and on the power relations involved in addressing them.

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Review Matthew Evenden (January 2019) Review of "Montreal, City of Water: An Environmental History". Environmental History (pp. 177-178). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Durand, Caroline
Raith, Erich
Jennifer Bonnell
Franco Pozzati
Scarmoncin, Franco
Vincenzo De Meo
Concepts
Water
Water resource management
Rivers
Environmental history
Urban history
Natural resource management
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
Renaissance
21st century
18th century
Places
Italy
Canada
Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
United States
Lachine Canal
Milan (Italy)
Institutions
Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)
Natural History Society of Montreal
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