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Urban Waterfront Promenades (Paperback)
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Urban Waterfront Promenades (Paperback)
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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 Sjoestad
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.
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