Waterways and the Cultural Landscape

Download or read book Waterways and the Cultural Landscape written by Francesco Vallerani and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 that 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.