Chapter Water, heritage, city: urbanized deltas on the line between nature and culture
Deltas are extremely rich in natural resources and cultural heritage, but also vulnerable. Along coasts and waterfronts, rivers, irrigation/drainage canals, which shape the land-water transition, a plurality of values, demands, and issues emerge in an often-conflictual way.A recurring conflict is th...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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Florence
Firenze University Press
2022
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| Series: | Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
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| Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |
| Summary: | Deltas are extremely rich in natural resources and cultural heritage, but also vulnerable. Along coasts and waterfronts, rivers, irrigation/drainage canals, which shape the land-water transition, a plurality of values, demands, and issues emerge in an often-conflictual way.A recurring conflict is that between anthropocentric and ecocentric attitudes, which could be overcome by an "environmental" approach. A case study from the Netherlands illustrates a paradigm shift and provides the basis to discuss the roles heritage can play in the search for a new synergy between natural and human actions. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (9 p.) |
| ISBN: | 979-12-215-0030-1.23 9791221500301 |
| Access: | Open Access |