ABSTRACT
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. Spanning cities from Gdańsk to Georgetown, this reference for design, development, and planning explores the transition of waterfronts from industrial and port zones to crowd-drawing urban spectacles within the frameworks of urban development, economics, ecology, governance, globalization, preservation, and sustainability. A collection of contextual studies, local perspectives, project reviews, and analyses of evolution and emerging trends provides critical insight into the phenomenon of waterfront development and urbanism in cities from the East to the West.
Features:
- Explores the transformation of waterfronts from industrial hubs to urban playgrounds through the lenses of preservation, governance, economics, ecology, and more.
- Presents chapter-length case studies drawn from cities in China, Bangladesh, Turkey, the United States, Malaysia, the European Union, Egypt, and other countries.
- Includes contributions from an interdisciplinary team of international scholars and professionals, a much-needed corrective to the historical exclusion of researchers and issues from the Global South.
An ideal reference for graduate students, scholars, and professionals in urban planning, architecture, geography, and history, the Handbook of Waterfront Cities and Urbanism deserves to be on the shelf of urban authorities and any internationally minded academic or practitioner in real estate development, water management, preservation, or tourism.
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 İzmit 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
