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1 online resource (271 pages) |
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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 the degradation of environmental resources and habitats, and modernization processes have marginalized local cultures and historical, community-based values, thus causing original features and local specificity to disappear from most of our historical waterfronts. During the last few decades, the restr. |
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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. 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. 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. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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City planning -- Italy -- Venice.
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City planning. |
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Italy -- Venice. |
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City planning -- Japan -- Tokyo.
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Japan -- Tokyo. |
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Cities and towns -- Italy -- Venice.
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Cities and towns. |
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Geography. |
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Economics, finance, business & management. |
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Cultural studies. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Soriani, Stefano.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Caroli, Rosa. Fragile and Resilient Cities on Water : Perspectives from Venice and Tokyo. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2017 |
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9781527500464 |
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1527500462 |
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9781443873383 |
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1443873381 |
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