Fragile and resilient cities on water perspectives from Venice and Tokyo / edited by Rosa Caroli and Stefano Soriani.

Other author Caroli, Rosa, 1960-
Other author Soriani, Stefano.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNewcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
Descriptionxviii, 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Portion of title Cities on water
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017473707
ISBN9781443873383
ISBN1443873381

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