Author: San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
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Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Staff Recommendation on Proposed Bay Plan Amendment No. 4-84
Author: San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
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Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Publisher:
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Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Annual Report
Author: San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
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Category : Water conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Category : Water conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities
Author: John King
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324020334
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A two-time Pulitzer finalist explores the story of American urban design through San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building. Conceived in the Gilded Age, the Ferry Building opened in 1898 as San Francisco’s portal to the world—the terminus of the transcontinental railway and a showcase of civic ambition. In silent films and World’s Fair postcards, nothing said “San Francisco” more than its soaring clocktower. But as acclaimed architectural critic John King recounts in Portal, the rise of the automobile and double-deck freeways severed the city from its beloved structure and its waterfront—a connection that required generations to restore. King’s narrative spans the rise and fall and rebirth of the Ferry Building. Rich with feats of engineering and civic imagination, his story introduces colorful figures who fought to preserve the Ferry Building’s character (and the city’s soul)—from architect Arthur Page Brown and legendary columnist Herb Caen to poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Senator Dianne Feinstein. In King’s hands, the saga of the Ferry Building is a microcosm of a larger evolution along the waterfronts of cities everywhere. Portal traces the damage inflicted on historic neighborhoods and working dockyards by cars, highways, and top-down planning and “urban renewal.” But when an earthquake destroyed the Embarcadero Freeway, city residents seized the chance to reclaim their connection to the bay. Transporting readers across 125 years of history, this tour de force explores the tensions impacting urban infrastructure and public spaces, among them tourism, deindustrialization, development, and globalization. Portal culminates with a rich portrait of San Francisco’s vibrant esplanade today, visited by millions, even as sea level rise and earthquakes threaten a landmark that remains as vital as ever. A book for city lovers and visitors, architecture fans and pedestrians, Portal is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of San Francisco and the future of American cities.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324020334
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A two-time Pulitzer finalist explores the story of American urban design through San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building. Conceived in the Gilded Age, the Ferry Building opened in 1898 as San Francisco’s portal to the world—the terminus of the transcontinental railway and a showcase of civic ambition. In silent films and World’s Fair postcards, nothing said “San Francisco” more than its soaring clocktower. But as acclaimed architectural critic John King recounts in Portal, the rise of the automobile and double-deck freeways severed the city from its beloved structure and its waterfront—a connection that required generations to restore. King’s narrative spans the rise and fall and rebirth of the Ferry Building. Rich with feats of engineering and civic imagination, his story introduces colorful figures who fought to preserve the Ferry Building’s character (and the city’s soul)—from architect Arthur Page Brown and legendary columnist Herb Caen to poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Senator Dianne Feinstein. In King’s hands, the saga of the Ferry Building is a microcosm of a larger evolution along the waterfronts of cities everywhere. Portal traces the damage inflicted on historic neighborhoods and working dockyards by cars, highways, and top-down planning and “urban renewal.” But when an earthquake destroyed the Embarcadero Freeway, city residents seized the chance to reclaim their connection to the bay. Transporting readers across 125 years of history, this tour de force explores the tensions impacting urban infrastructure and public spaces, among them tourism, deindustrialization, development, and globalization. Portal culminates with a rich portrait of San Francisco’s vibrant esplanade today, visited by millions, even as sea level rise and earthquakes threaten a landmark that remains as vital as ever. A book for city lovers and visitors, architecture fans and pedestrians, Portal is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of San Francisco and the future of American cities.
Climate Change and Adaptation Planning for Ports
Author: Adolf K. Y. Ng
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317631307
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
As key links in transportation and supply chains, the effect of climate change on seaports has broad implications for the development prospects of the global economy. However, the picture is very uncertain because the impacts of climate change will be felt very differently around the world, both positively and negatively. This book addresses the need for quality theoretical analysis, highly innovative assessment methodologies, and insightful empirical global experiences so as to identify the best international practices, planning and appropriate policies to effectively adapt to, develop resilience, and indeed benefit from, the impacts posed by climate change on transportation and supply chains. This book comprises of theories, methodologies and case studies from five continents (Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Oceania) addressing climate change and the adaptation planning of ports and transportation infrastructures. With reputable contributors from academic, policymaking and professional sectors, it critically analyses the recent attempts by ports in establishing adaptation plans and strategies so to enhance ports and other transportation infrastructures’ resilience to the climate change risks. This is the first book of its kind to focus on climate change adaptation for ports. It offers useful and comprehensive guidance to senior policymakers, industrial practitioners and researchers who are eager to understand the dynamics between climate change, adaptation planning of ports and transportation infrastructures.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317631307
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
As key links in transportation and supply chains, the effect of climate change on seaports has broad implications for the development prospects of the global economy. However, the picture is very uncertain because the impacts of climate change will be felt very differently around the world, both positively and negatively. This book addresses the need for quality theoretical analysis, highly innovative assessment methodologies, and insightful empirical global experiences so as to identify the best international practices, planning and appropriate policies to effectively adapt to, develop resilience, and indeed benefit from, the impacts posed by climate change on transportation and supply chains. This book comprises of theories, methodologies and case studies from five continents (Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Oceania) addressing climate change and the adaptation planning of ports and transportation infrastructures. With reputable contributors from academic, policymaking and professional sectors, it critically analyses the recent attempts by ports in establishing adaptation plans and strategies so to enhance ports and other transportation infrastructures’ resilience to the climate change risks. This is the first book of its kind to focus on climate change adaptation for ports. It offers useful and comprehensive guidance to senior policymakers, industrial practitioners and researchers who are eager to understand the dynamics between climate change, adaptation planning of ports and transportation infrastructures.
Regional Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area
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Category : Navy-yards and naval stations
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Publisher:
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Category : Navy-yards and naval stations
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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San Francisco Bay to Stockton Phase III Navigation Channel Project, Contra Costa County
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 816
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 816
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Oakland Army Base, Disposal and Reuse
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Restoration Project for Oakland Harbor, California
Author: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
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Category : Oakland Inner Harbor (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Category : Oakland Inner Harbor (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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San Francisco Bay Area In-depth Study
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. San Francisco District
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Golden Gate University Law Review
Author: Golden Gate University. School of Law
Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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