Description: The First Environmental History of Krakow, Covering More than a Thousand Years of History
Review Quotes: Krakow: An Ecobiography, edited by Adam Izdebski and Rafal Szmytka, is a rewarding collection of eight chapters exploring a fascinating European city's environmental history across a thousand years. . . . A great strength of Krakow is its attention to environmental continuities, as city residents grappled with fouled air and water across vastly different eras. Krakow's people lived under divergent political, economic, and technological systems, but they were united by their awareness of damage to nature, and by their desire to inhabit a clean, healthy city.-- "Technology and Culture"