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Contents Preface List of Illustrations Introduction Historiography of Mumbai  1 Water Resources and Habitation in and around Mumbai From Early Times to 1 Nineteenth Century 2 Early Schemes for Water Provision and Management 3 Vehar and Tulsi Water Projects  4 Fountains as Water Charities 5 Fountains as Architectural Specimens Conclusion Bibliography Index  The city of Mumbai in India has generated a lot of curiosity among the scholars within India and abroad The multi-dimensional nature of the city and the exuberant continuity in spite of various hurdles have been the strong points of Mumbai Every city expands with the political rules Today the municipal jurisdiction of Mumbai is identified with the term MCGM ie Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai The term Bombay in the British records enveloped the area of seven islands In ancient and medieval times certain localities outside the later British Bombay had got populated The book shows that these areas had the sources of potable water supply and hence they got populated Later the British officials identified many of these areas as having potential of providing water to the entire city These were then considered for the major water schemes Before the major water schemes like Vehar Water Works there were various efforts to conserve and preserve water because the existing water supply as the official records reflect by way of tanks and wells in South Bombay was inadequate to cater to the needs of the people The book states such efforts towards early water management in the city Water charities done by many philanthropists to the city came as a boon especially when there was inflow of population since the nineteenth century The book takes a survey of these water charities The book discusses the development of water till the Tansa Water Works The present volume will interest people at large in particular specialists in water management and conservation historians architects sociologists and anthropologists 170 pp. 4 Col. Maps, 15 b/w, 117 Col. Plates, 2 b/w (illustrator).…

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Zustand: Very Good. Good Plus. First Edition. Book measures 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. viii,191pp. Bound in original publishers brown cloth, with black lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket rubbed, with loss on edges, dusty, slightly brittle. Jacket in good condition. Internally, pages clean. A nice clean copy, in a good dust jacket. Size: 8vo. …

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