Adaptive urban transformation : urban landscape dynamics, regional design and territorial governance in the Pearl River Delta, China / Steffen Nijhuis, Yimin Sun, Eckart Lange, editors.
Nijhuis, Steffen, editor.; Sun, Yimin, editor.; Lange, Eckart, editor.
2023
HT169.C6
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Title
Adaptive urban transformation : urban landscape dynamics, regional design and territorial governance in the Pearl River Delta, China / Steffen Nijhuis, Yimin Sun, Eckart Lange, editors.
ISBN
9783030898281 (electronic bk.)
3030898288 (electronic bk.)
9783030898274
303089827X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89828-1
Published
Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-89828-1 doi
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HT169.C6
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.7609512/7
Summary
This open access book provides a cross-sectoral, integrative and multi-scale design and planning approach for adaptive urban transformation of fast urbanising deltas, taking the Pearl River Delta (China) as a case study. Deltaic areas are among the most promising regions in the world. Their strategic location and superior quality of their soils are core factors supporting both human development and the rise of these regions as global economic hubs. At the same time, however, deltas are extremely vulnerable to multiple threats from both climate change and urbanisation. These include an increased flood risk combined with the resulting loss of ecological and social-cultural values. To ensure a more sustainable future for these areas, spatial strategies are needed to strengthen resilience, i.e. help the systems to cope with their vulnerabilities as well as enhance their capacity to overcome natural and artificial threats. The book provides a unique approach that integrates research in urban landscape systems, territorial governance and visualisation techniques that will help to achieve more integrated and resilient deltas. Based on an assessment of the dynamics of change regarding the transformational cycles of natural and urban landscape elements, eco-dynamic regional design strategies are explored to reveal greater opportunities for the exploitation of natural and social-cultural factors within the processes of urban development.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 6, 2023).
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Nijhuis, Steffen, editor.
Sun, Yimin, editor.
Lange, Eckart, editor.
Series
Urban book series, 2365-7588
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Print version: 9783030898274
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Part 1: Introduction
Introduction: Adaptive urban transformation in the Pearl River Delta
Multi-level regional governance and spatial development in the Pearl River Delta
Spatial dynamics in the Pearl River Delta and development strategies
Part II: Spatial strategy and design
Territorial governance and spatial planning in Europe: The relevance for flood risk management in the Chinese Pearl River Delta
A landscape-based regional design approach for sustainable urban development in the Pearl River Delta
PRD design explorations: Experimenting with adaptive design principles through design
Unrelenting change
Part III: Stakeholder participation and visualization
Stakeholder participation and visualisation in sustainable urban transformation
Bridging the analogue-digital divide in stakeholder engagement
Urban planning exhibition halls in the Pearl River Delta for planning communication and public participation
Part IV: Socio-ecological perspectives
Industrial transformation and sustainable urban planning in the Pearl River Delta: A landscape-based approach
Historical canals as urban landscape infrastructure in Guangzhou: Reactivating public life through water
From modelling and analysis of accessibility of urban green space to green infrastructure planning: Guangzhou as a case study
Inclusive urban transformation: Embracing the values of urban villages in the PRD Region
Wetland Parks in Guangzhou: Ecosystem services and perception
Community supported agriculture in the Pearl River Delta.

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