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Author Cook, Margaret, 1968- author.

Title Cities in a sunburnt country : water and the making of urban Australia / Margaret Cook, University of the Sunshine Coast, Lionel Frost, Monash University, Andrea Gaynor, The University of Western Australia, Jenny Gregory, The University of Western Australia, Ruth A. Morgan, The Australian National University, Martin Shanahan, The University of South Australia, Peter Spearritt, The University of Queensland
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Studies in environment and history
Studies in environment and history.
Contents Living water -- Domesticating water -- Keeping up -- Transforming homes -- Watering suburbia -- Crises of confidence -- Twenty-first century Australian cities
Summary "As Australian cities face uncertain water futures, what insights can the history of Aboriginal and settler relationships with water yield? Residents have come to expect reliable, safe, and cheap water, but natural limits and the costs of maintaining and expanding water networks are at odds with forms and cultures of urban water use. Cities in a Sunburnt Country is the first comparative study of the provision, use, and social impact of water and water infrastructure in Australia's five largest cities. Drawing on environmental, urban, and economic history, this co-authored book challenges widely held assumptions, both in Australia and around the world, about water management, consumption, and sustainability. From the 'living water' of Aboriginal cultures to the rise of networked water infrastructure, the book invites us to take a long view of how water has shaped our cities, and how urban water systems and cultures might weather a warming world"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 01, 2022)
Subject Municipal water supply -- Australia -- History
Sewerage -- Australia -- History
City planning -- Australia -- History
NATURE -- General.
City planning
Municipal water supply
Sewerage
Australia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Frost, Lionel, author.
Gaynor, Andrea, author.
Gregory, Jenny (Jennifer Anne), author.
Morgan, Ruth A. (Environmental historian), author.
Shanahan, Martin (Martin P.), author.
Spearritt, Peter, author.
LC no. 2021063030
ISBN 9781108917698
1108917690