Cities in a Sunburnt Country: Water and the Making of Urban Australia

by Lionel Frost, Margaret Cook, Andrea Gaynor

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108831583
• ISBN13: 9781108831581
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"