Liquid Territories - Catchment Cartographies of the Mekong River

Liquid Territories shows how and why the areal dimensions of the Mekong's basin, delta and floodplain have become a critical geographic reference for human activities.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction

1. The area of water
2. Unifying geographic space
3. The river’s nations
4. A map for water
5. Shaping the delta
6. The metropolis’ hinterland
7. A section in water
8. Articulating inundation
9. The region’s immergence

Bibliography
Cartography
Index

About the author

Christoforos Romanos studied architecture in London and urban planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his doctoral research at Delft University of Technology. Before returning to Europe, he directed the urban design of numerous multi-disciplinary planning projects in East Asia. He writes, draws and speaks on the intersection of geography and urbanization focusing on the way infrastructure, settlement and landscape produce and transform territory. In parallel with practice and research, he has taught urban design at MIT, the University of Hong Kong, the Berlage, the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture and Delft’s School of Architecture.

Summary

Liquid Territories shows how and why the areal dimensions of the Mekong’s basin, delta and floodplain have become a critical geographic reference for human activities.

Product details

• Authors: Christoforos Romanos, Romanos Christoforos
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032706153
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3270615-3
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Architectural Borders and Territories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Ethnic Studies, NATURE / Natural Resources, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography, South East Asia, Colonialism & imperialism, Cartography, map-making & projections, Environmental Management, Regional & area planning, Colonialism and imperialism, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Physical geography & topography, Human Geography, Cartography, map-making and projections, Landscape architecture and design, Physical geography and topography, Regional and area planning, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Mekong river and tributaries