1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. From Nature to Topography 13
6. 3. Fountains and the Ancient City 31
7. 4. Water, Social Space and Architecture at Selinous: the Case of the Urban Sanctuary 51
8. 5. Fountains and Basins in Greek Sanctuaries 69
9. 6. Water in Early Christian Ritual: Baptism and Baptisteries in Corinth 85
10. 7. Aquatic Pasts & the Watery Present: Water and Memory in the Fora of Rome 105
11. 8. Water and Decentring Urbanism in the Roman Period: Urban Materiality, Post-Humanism and Identity 123
12. 9. Water and Urban Structures in the Narrative Worlds of Courtly Novels − Aesthetic and Symbolic Functions 143
13. 10. Syracusan Water Networks in Antiquity 157
14. 11. Meeting Water Needs as a Major Challenge in an Urban Context 179
15. 12. Ice Jams and their Impact on Urban Communities from a Long-term Perspective (Middle Ages to the 19^th Century) 197
16. 13. Medieval and Post-Medieval Urban Water Supply and Sanitation 213
17. 14. Harbourscapes 229
18. 15. Human Impact on Hydrology 249
19. 16. Water as an Economic Resource and as an Environmental Challenge Within the Urbanisation Process of the Rhine Valley in the 13^th Century 265
20. List of Contributors 271