Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Urban Waterfront Lands
Publisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Urban Waterfront Lands
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Urban Waterfront Lands
Publisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Remaking the Urban Waterfront
Author: Bonnie Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Written by expert architects and planners, this book explains the importance of and challenges inherent in transforming waterfronts into attractive community destinations.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Written by expert architects and planners, this book explains the importance of and challenges inherent in transforming waterfronts into attractive community destinations.
Urban Waterfront Development
Author: Douglas M. Wrenn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Urban Waterfront Promenades
Author: Elizabeth Macdonald
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317581350
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Some cities have long-treasured waterfront promenades, many cities have recently built ones, and others have plans to create them as opportunities arise. Beyond connecting people with urban water bodies, waterfront promenades offer many social and ecological benefits. They are places for social gathering, for physical activity, for relief from the stresses of urban life, and where the unique transition from water to land eco-systems can be nurtured and celebrated. The best are inclusive places, welcoming and accessible to diverse users. This book explores urban waterfront promenades worldwide. It presents 38 promenade case studies—as varied as Vancouver’s extensive network that has been built over the last century, the classic promenades in Rio de Janeiro, the promenades in Stockholm’s recently built Hammarby Sjöstad eco-district, and the Ma On Shan promenade in the Hong Kong New Territories—analyzing their physical form, social use, the circumstances under which they were built, the public policies that brought them into being, and the threats from sea level rise and the responses that have been made. Based on wide research, Urban Waterfront Promenades examines the possibilities for these public spaces and offers design and planning approaches useful for professionals, community decision-makers, and scholars. Extensive plans, cross sections, and photographs permit visual comparison.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317581350
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Some cities have long-treasured waterfront promenades, many cities have recently built ones, and others have plans to create them as opportunities arise. Beyond connecting people with urban water bodies, waterfront promenades offer many social and ecological benefits. They are places for social gathering, for physical activity, for relief from the stresses of urban life, and where the unique transition from water to land eco-systems can be nurtured and celebrated. The best are inclusive places, welcoming and accessible to diverse users. This book explores urban waterfront promenades worldwide. It presents 38 promenade case studies—as varied as Vancouver’s extensive network that has been built over the last century, the classic promenades in Rio de Janeiro, the promenades in Stockholm’s recently built Hammarby Sjöstad eco-district, and the Ma On Shan promenade in the Hong Kong New Territories—analyzing their physical form, social use, the circumstances under which they were built, the public policies that brought them into being, and the threats from sea level rise and the responses that have been made. Based on wide research, Urban Waterfront Promenades examines the possibilities for these public spaces and offers design and planning approaches useful for professionals, community decision-makers, and scholars. Extensive plans, cross sections, and photographs permit visual comparison.
Transforming Urban Waterfronts
Author: Gene Desfor
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136897712
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
In port cities around the world, waterfront development projects have been hailed both as spaces of promise and as crucial territorial wedges in twenty-first century competitive growth strategies. Frequently, these mega-projects have been intended to transform derelict docklands into communities of hope with sustainable urban economies—economies intended to both compete in and support globally-networked hierarchies of cities. This collection engages with major theoretical debates and empirical findings on the ways waterfronts transform and have been transformed in port-cities in North and South America, Europe, the Caribbean. It is organized around the themes of fixities (built environments, institutional and regulatory structures, and cultural practices) and flows (information, labor, capital, energy, and knowledge), which are key categories for understanding processes of change. By focusing on these fixities and flows, the contributors to this volume develop new insights for understanding both historical and current cases of change on urban waterfronts, those special areas of cities where land and water meet. As such, it will be a valuable resource for teaching faculty, students, and any audience interested in a broad scope of issues within the field of urban studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136897712
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
In port cities around the world, waterfront development projects have been hailed both as spaces of promise and as crucial territorial wedges in twenty-first century competitive growth strategies. Frequently, these mega-projects have been intended to transform derelict docklands into communities of hope with sustainable urban economies—economies intended to both compete in and support globally-networked hierarchies of cities. This collection engages with major theoretical debates and empirical findings on the ways waterfronts transform and have been transformed in port-cities in North and South America, Europe, the Caribbean. It is organized around the themes of fixities (built environments, institutional and regulatory structures, and cultural practices) and flows (information, labor, capital, energy, and knowledge), which are key categories for understanding processes of change. By focusing on these fixities and flows, the contributors to this volume develop new insights for understanding both historical and current cases of change on urban waterfronts, those special areas of cities where land and water meet. As such, it will be a valuable resource for teaching faculty, students, and any audience interested in a broad scope of issues within the field of urban studies.
Urban Waterfront Lands
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Urban Waterfront Lands
Publisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Urban Waterfront Redevelopment
Author: Patricia E. Langeland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Urban renewal
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Urban renewal
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Urban Waterfront Promenades
Author: Elizabeth Macdonald
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317581369
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Some cities have long-treasured waterfront promenades, many cities have recently built ones, and others have plans to create them as opportunities arise. Beyond connecting people with urban water bodies, waterfront promenades offer many social and ecological benefits. They are places for social gathering, for physical activity, for relief from the stresses of urban life, and where the unique transition from water to land eco-systems can be nurtured and celebrated. The best are inclusive places, welcoming and accessible to diverse users. This book explores urban waterfront promenades worldwide. It presents 38 promenade case studies—as varied as Vancouver’s extensive network that has been built over the last century, the classic promenades in Rio de Janeiro, the promenades in Stockholm’s recently built Hammarby Sjöstad eco-district, and the Ma On Shan promenade in the Hong Kong New Territories—analyzing their physical form, social use, the circumstances under which they were built, the public policies that brought them into being, and the threats from sea level rise and the responses that have been made. Based on wide research, Urban Waterfront Promenades examines the possibilities for these public spaces and offers design and planning approaches useful for professionals, community decision-makers, and scholars. Extensive plans, cross sections, and photographs permit visual comparison.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317581369
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Some cities have long-treasured waterfront promenades, many cities have recently built ones, and others have plans to create them as opportunities arise. Beyond connecting people with urban water bodies, waterfront promenades offer many social and ecological benefits. They are places for social gathering, for physical activity, for relief from the stresses of urban life, and where the unique transition from water to land eco-systems can be nurtured and celebrated. The best are inclusive places, welcoming and accessible to diverse users. This book explores urban waterfront promenades worldwide. It presents 38 promenade case studies—as varied as Vancouver’s extensive network that has been built over the last century, the classic promenades in Rio de Janeiro, the promenades in Stockholm’s recently built Hammarby Sjöstad eco-district, and the Ma On Shan promenade in the Hong Kong New Territories—analyzing their physical form, social use, the circumstances under which they were built, the public policies that brought them into being, and the threats from sea level rise and the responses that have been made. Based on wide research, Urban Waterfront Promenades examines the possibilities for these public spaces and offers design and planning approaches useful for professionals, community decision-makers, and scholars. Extensive plans, cross sections, and photographs permit visual comparison.
Urban Waterfront Revitalization
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use, Urban
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use, Urban
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Water-dependent Use Policy and the Urban Waterfront
Author: Carrie C. Byron
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use, Urban
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use, Urban
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description