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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794913403321

Titolo

Fragile and resilient cities on water : perspectives from Venice and Tokyo / / edited by Rosa Caroli and Stefano Soriani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-5275-0046-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

309.262094

Soggetti

City planning - Italy - Venice

City planning - Japan - Tokyo

Cities and towns - Italy - Venice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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.