Author, as appears in the article.: Ripoll, Ramon; Gomis, Jordi; Turon, Carlos; Chamorro, Miquel-Angel;

Department: Enginyeria Mecànica

URV's Author/s: Gomis Sánchez, Jordi / Turon Rodriguez, Carlos

Keywords: Urban geography Hydraulic geography Civil engineering City planning

Abstract: In the 18th and 19th centuries, hydraulic works played an important role in economic development throughout Europe. There has been much research into the construction of dikes, canals and bridges to protect against, harness, and control the unbridled power of rivers; but there is still a lack of insight into how these functional, productive and social goals combined for purely cultural purposes. The hydraulic engineering work that is the Devesa urban park of Girona (located near the confluence of the Ter, Onyar and Gtiell rivers) is a magnificent example that fuses territorial engineering and urban architecture. Its design involves 18th and 19th century solutions to resolve the continuous flooding of the city of Girona, combining perfectly with its citizens' social, cultural and recreational activities.

Thematic Areas: Geography, planning and development Geography, physical Geografía Engenharias i Earth-surface processes Computers in earth sciences Ciencias sociales Ciências agrárias i Biodiversidade

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 2065-4421

Author's mail: jordi.gomis@urv.cat carlos.turon@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0001-7779-7079 0000-0001-7534-1481

Last page: 34

Record's date: 2023-04-01

Journal volume: 15

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: http://technicalgeography.org/index.php/on-line-first/304-03_ripoll

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Geographia Technica. 15 (1): 27-34

APA: Ripoll, Ramon; Gomis, Jordi; Turon, Carlos; Chamorro, Miquel-Angel; (2020). URBAN RECREATIONAL PARKS TO OFFSET THE FLOODING OF RIVERS: LA DEVESA OF GIRONA -CATALONIA- (19TH CENTURY). Geographia Technica, 15(1), 27-34. DOI: 10.21163/GT_2020.151.03

Article's DOI: 10.21163/GT_2020.151.03

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

First page: 27

Publication Type: Journal Publications