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History of Water Management Case Study: Paris, France. By Zufan Hagos. Outline. Introduction to Urban Hydrology Paris: A Case Study Utilization of Paris’ Urban Space Implications of Reorganization Disease: how it is spread through a city’s infrastructure.
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History of Water Management Case Study: Paris, France By Zufan Hagos
Outline • Introduction to Urban Hydrology • Paris: A Case Study • Utilization of Paris’ Urban Space • Implications of Reorganization • Disease: how it is spread through a city’s infrastructure.
Sources: Finding enough water for one’s population. Transportation: Getting water where it needs to go. Growing needs: altering methods for an ever-changing population. Sickness: it’s manifestation through urban water works. Development: why it is such a struggle. Urban Hydrology
Paris • Paris gets it’s water supply from the Seine and Marm Rivers, and has 63 underground springs. • Exploding population made reconstruction imminent in the mid-1800’s. • The Haussmann Era: A new way of thinking The Seine River Monet’s Water Lilies
Problems of Civil Neglect Implications of reconstruction. Society’s change in water usage. Water over usage: The evil associated with the freedom of clean water. Paris
London • Cholera outbreak • Dr. John Snow • Disease that spurred change. • New sewers: technology for the future.