Krakow : an ecobiography

Krakow : an ecobiography / edited by Adam Izdebski and Rafał Szmytka.

"Like most cities, Poland's Krakow developed around and because of its favorable geography. Before Warsaw, Krakow served as Poland's capital for half a millennium. It has functioned as a cultural center, an industrial center, a center of learning, and home for millions of people. Behi...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Polish
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2021]
Edition:[Revised version].
Series:Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ Ser.
Subjects:
Human ecology > Poland > Kraków > History.
Ecology
Human ecology
Kraków (Poland) > Environmental conditions.
Kraków (Poland) > History.
Poland > Kraków
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Introduction. Environmental History and Krakow | Adam Izdebski and Rafal Szmytka
  • Chapter 1. The Climate History of Krakow | Konrad Wnęk, Adam Izdebski, and Leszek Kowanetz
  • Chapter 2. Krakow and Its Rivers | Andrzej Chwalba, with a contribution by Konrad Wnęk
  • Chapter 3. Plants in the Lives of Medieval Cracovians | Aldona Mueller-Bieniek
  • Chapter 4. A City Is Not an Island: Early Modern Krakow and Natural Resources | Piotr Miodunka
  • Chapter 5. Pollution in Early Modern Krakow | Rafal Szmytka
  • Chapter 6. Industrialization: The Environmental End of Old Krakow? | Ewelina Szpak
  • Chapter 7. The History of Krakow Smog | Adam Izdebski and Konrad Wnęk
  • Chapter 8. The Power of Myth: The Imagined Nature of Krakow | Malgorzata Praczyk
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • List of Contributors
  • Index

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