Name: Urban Development and the Panama Canal Zone. The Case of Fort Clayton
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Author: Almyr Alba;Maria Sanchez de Stapf;Graciela Arosemena Diaz
ISBN: 9783031387722

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Urban Development and the Panama Canal Zone. The Case of Fort Clayton

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Springer International Publishing AG

Author

Almyr Alba;Maria Sanchez de Stapf;Graciela Arosemena Diaz

Collection

The Urban Book Series

Year

2024

Pages

222

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.50 x 15.50 cm

ISBN13

9783031387722

Urban Development and the Panama Canal Zone. The Case of Fort Clayton

Almyr Alba;Maria Sanchez De Stapf;Graciela Arosemena Diaz (Author) · Springer International Publishing AG · Paperback

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Synopsis "Urban Development and the Panama Canal Zone. The Case of Fort Clayton"

The construction of the Panama Canal at the beginning of the twentieth century created an enclave that ran parallel to the interoceanic waterway, controlled by the US government: the Canal Zone. This book aims to understand the implications that Panama Canal Zone urban planning had on human health, natural resources, and biodiversity through the study case of Fort Clayton, highlighting how the sanitary concerns shaped building regulations and the urban landscape of towns. This book highlights the role of North American entomologists and health workers in developing control strategies for diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and how mosquito’s ecology determined building regulations that shaped the image of the Canal Zone towns. On the other hand, the book determines the environmental assessment of Fort Clayton, determined by the two fundamental aspects that set on the environmental impact of an urban settlement. The first one is the suitability of the site's location. The secondis the urban structure of the adopted city model and its impact on the connectivity of the surrounding forests during the twentieth century. This text is aimed at both undergraduate and postgraduate students, architects, urban planners, historians, and environmental science professionals.