Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Rahman, Mohammed

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism is the first resource to address cities' transformations of their coastlines and riverbanks and the resulting effects on environment, culture, and identity in a genuinely global context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 482
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000588941
• Artikelnr.: 64096637

Autorenporträt

Mohammed Mahbubur Rahman is currently the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology in Dhaka. He has taught at universities in Malaysia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, and Oman. A Commonwealth Scholar and McNamara Fellow, Professor Rahman has an interest in urbanism, heritage, shelter, livability, globalization, and sustainable environment.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART I: Settlement
Heritage
and Culture
1. River as a Lived Place in South Asian Urbanism: A study of Buriganga riverbank
Dhaka
2. Urban Morphology in Relation to the Waterfront and its Integration with the Cities: Understanding the Indian Notion
3. Indus River and Cultural Heritage: Commemoration of Three Sites in Sindhu
4. Sustainability of the Outstanding Universal Values of Historic Waterfront: Two World Heritage Sites of the Straits of Malacca
5. Urban Threshold: A Space between Land and Water - Cases of Lisbon and Banjarmasin
PART II: Climate
Ecology
and Water-Sensitive Design
6. An Integrated Design Framework for Urban Streams and Ecological Design: Insights from Three Asian Cases
7. Water Sensitive Urbanism in Bengal Delta: Socio-Spatial Dialectics of Ponds and Water Bodies in Barisal
Bangladesh
8. Water Sensitive Urban Design for Enhancing Flood Resilience: A Case Study in Brisbane City
Australia
9. Blue and Green Infrastructure as Public Spaces: Five Proposals for Resilient Urban Development and Social Integration in Peru
PART III: Design
Plan
and Develop with Water
10. Sea Level Rise and Stewardship of Water Infrastructural Heritage in Coastal Regions
11. Coastal Development - Architectural and Urban Design Proposals in the ¿zmit Bay
Turkey
12. Water in Cities: Can We End the War? Experiences from the Detailed Area Plan of Dhaka
13. Tempe Town Lake: A Waterfront Development in the Arizona Desert
14. Comparing Waterfront Land-Use Dynamics in Abu Dhabi and Dubai: A Quantitative Analysis and Correlation with the Developing Urban Environment
PART IV: Governance and Participation
15. Postcolonial Water(front): Land Regulations
Bureaucracy
and Urban Planning in Khulna
16. Urban Megaprojects in Post-Socialist Serbia: the 'City on Water' Project
17. Citizen Participation in Waterfront Redevelopment along Noord River in Alblasserdam
the Netherlands
18. Leading the Way: The Role of Non-Profits in Waterfront Development
19. Riverfront Regeneration for Inclusive and Healthier Cities: Retracing the Public Interest in Cairo
PART V: Redevelopment and Emerging Issues
20. Waterfront Development
Iconic Architecture
and Global City Aspiration in Asia: Hong Kong and Singapore
21. The Bilbao Effect beyond the Guggenheim Museum: Urban and Social Renewal of a Metropolis
22. Coexistence or Displacement? Historical and Contemporary Developments of Urban Waterfronts in Polish Cities: The Case of the Tri-City Conurbation
23. Adaptive Strategies for Former Oil Port Areas : Educating Architects and Planners for Interventions beyond the Historic Waterfront