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"Extreme Weather and the Energy Metabolism of the City"
The author uses a critical realist perspective to investigate relations between social constructions and the dynamics of nature.
The author uses a critical realist perspective to investigate relations between social constructions and the dynamics of nature.
This essay traces the development of the physical and cultural infrastructure of colonial flood control in the Indus valley.
In this article Disco describes the repertoires developed by the municipal waterworks of two large Dutch cities, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Two main repertoires are visible: 1) ‘coping’ by means of technical fixes and vigilance and 2) ‘transnational technopolitics’ aimed at institutionalising regulatory regimes to curb pollution.