The aquatic metropolis : urban design and environmental change in Tenochtitlan-Mexico City / John F. López.

Main entry:

López, John F., author.

Title & Author:

The aquatic metropolis : urban design and environmental change in Tenochtitlan-Mexico City / John F. López.

Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2026]
©2026

Description:

xiii, 212 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 16

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-205) and index.
Introduction -- Aztec aquatic consciousness -- A city made of water -- A new urban aesthetic -- The desagüe's watermark -- "The desagüe is worthless" -- Good government -- Coda: Historical rupture, environmental crisis, and climate change.

Summary:

"Examines efforts by the Aztec and the Spanish to control flooding at Tenochtitlan and Mexico City, revealing differing cultural attitudes and approaches to urban design and their lasting environmental consequences"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780271100418 (hardback)
0271100419 (hardback)

Subject:

City planning Mexico Mexico City History.
City planning Climatic factors Mexico Mexico City History.
Flood control Mexico Mexico City History.
Human ecology Mexico Mexico City History.
Inondations Maîtrise Mexique Mexico Histoire.
City planning History.
City planning Climatic factors
Flood control History.
Human ecology History.
Mexico
Mexico Mexico City

Added entries:

Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 16.

Urban design and environmental change in Tenochtitlan-Mexico City

Holdings:

Location: Library study room new acquisitions 325910
Call No.: 325910
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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