Montreal, City of Water: An Environmental History

by Michele Dagenais

Built within an exceptional watershed, Montreal is intertwined with the waterways that ring its island and flow beneath it in underground networks. Montreal, City of Water focuses on water not only as a physical element - both shaping and shaped by urban development - but also as a sociocultural component of the life of the city. This unique study considers how water has produced and transformed urban space over two centuries. It traces the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774836237
• ISBN13: 9780774836234
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"