Waterways and the Cultural Landscape (Hardcover)

Water control and management have been fundamental to the building of human civilisation. In Europe, the regulation of major rivers, the digging of canals and the wetland reclamation schemes from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, generated new typologies of waterscapes with significant implications for the people who resided within them. This book explores the role of waterways as a form of heritage, culture and sense of place and the potential of this to underpin the development of cultural tourism. With a multidisciplinary approach across the social sciences and humanities, chapters explore how the control and management of water flows are among some of the most significant human activities to transform the natural environment. Based upon a wealth and breadth of European case studies, the book uncovers the complex relationships we have with waterways, the ways that they have been represented over recent centuries and the ways in which they continue to be redefined in different cultural contexts. Contributions recognise not only valuable assets of hydrology that are at the core of landscape management, but also more intangible aspects that matter to people, such as their familiarity, affecting what is understood as the fluvial sense of place. This highly original collection will be of interest to those working in cultural tourism, cultural geography, heritage studies, cultural history, landscape studies and leisure studies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Cultural Heritage and Tourism Series
Release date:	September 2017
Editors:	Francesco Vallerani • Francesco Visentin
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	266
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-22604-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Tourism industry Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > General Promotions
LSN:	1-138-22604-1
Barcode:	9781138226043

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