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 Info | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | xviii, 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017473707 |
| ISBN | 9781443873383 |
| ISBN | 1443873381 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |