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Liquid Territories: Catchment Cartographies of the Mekong River

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By (author): Christoforos Romanos

In addition to being a fundamental concept for planning the water infrastructure which supports extensive agricultural economies across Southeast Asia, knowledge of the Mekong Rivers hydrological catchments has calibrated the control of land, resources and people. Liquid Territories shows how and why the areal dimensions of the Mekongs basin, delta and floodplain have become a critical geographic reference for human activities.

This book concentrates on the way knowledge of the rivers catchments has been recorded on, and extracted from, maps. Repeatedly drawn by geographers, engineers and cartographers since before the start of European colonization, the book describes how cartographic projections of the basin, delta and floodplain have affected geopolitical strategy, the exercise of military power and anthropogenic modifications of the terrain. Drawing on the discourses of hydrology, geography and cartography, as well as military science, colonial politics and regional planning, the book explains why the spatial articulation of surface water flows is reflected in the configuration of national boundaries, soils and settlements today. Focusing on geographic concepts, the book provides insights into the process of urbanization in Southeast Asia, the regions colonial and post-colonial history, the Mekong Rivers political ecology, the scales of contemporary water management and the design of territory.

This book will be relevant to academics who are interested specifically in the Mekong River and Lower Mekong Basin as well as in integrated water management planning. It would be especially relevant to architects, urbanists and landscape architects.

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Will deliver when available. Publication date 29 Nov 2024

Product Details
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 29 Nov 2024
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781032706153

About Christoforos Romanos

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 Delfts School of Architecture.

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