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Fragile and Resilient Cities on Water : Perspectives from Venice and Tokyo.
The process of modernization, especially during the twentieth century, has brought about dramatic changes in most cities situated on a body of water. The search for efficiency and functionality has profoundly affected coastal and urban landscapes: gigantism in the port industry has contributed to th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2017.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Forward / Rosa Caroli and Stefano Soriani
- Chapter One. Introduction: Proposing Suitogaku-towards a comparative study of cities on water / Hidenobu Jinnai
- Chapter Two. Sustainable tourism in Venice: what lessons for other fragile cities on water? / Jan van der Borg
- Chapter Three. Resilience amidst fragility along Tokyo's waterways / Paul Waley
- Chapter Four. The Sumida River Renaissance: a new policy for the development of the river / Yusaku Imamura
- Chapter Five. Conflict and synergy in the port-city relationship: critical issues and perspectives in the case of Venice / Stefano Soriani
- Chapter Six. Considering the redevelopment of the Tokyo Bay Area from the basics / Hidenobu Jinnai
- Chapter Seven. Loss and recovery of lowland rivers in Tokyo / Nobuyuki Tsuchiya
- Chapter Eight. Tsukudajima: a man-made island in Edo (Tokyo) Bay / Rosa Caroli
- Chapter Nine. The development of Tokyo Bay and waterborne traffic / Iwao Takamatsu
- Chapter Ten. Venice: living with water, learning with nature-a regenerating arena for global cities / Giovanni Cecconi.