Replumbing the city : water management as climate adaptation in Los Angeles /

"Moving between shower drains, aqueducts, rain gardens, and even kitchen sinks, Replumbing the City traces the enormous urban waterscape of Los Angeles in a state of flux. For more than a century, the city of Los Angeles has relied on faraway water for the vast majority of its municipal supply,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Randle, Sayd (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland : University of California Press, [2025]
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Table of Contents:
  • Public agency work : centralized sewage recycling and the allure of reliability
  • Disrupting water consumption and control at home
  • Managing landscape : recharge in the Northeastern San Fernando Valley
  • Infrastructural work and infiltrating runoff
  • Ecosystem duties and environmental justice
  • Epilogue.