SeaCities [electronic resource] : Aquatic Urbanism / edited by Joerg Baumeister, Ioana C. Giurgiu, Despina Linaraki, Daniela A. Ottmann.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Publication details: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2023.Edition: 1st ed. 2023Description: VIII, 206 p. 102 illus., 98 illus. in color. online resourceISBN:

9789819924813

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304.2 23

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Contents:

Developing Aquatic Urbanism: A Taxonomy describing 35 Tactics -- Systemic urban-wetland interdependencies -- HydroPolis: How to evolve solutions for floating Eco-Village collectives? -- An overview of artificial islands growth processes and their adaptation to sea-level rise -- Transferring the Plastic Sea into the Sea: Environmental Opportunities for Floating Greenhouses in Almería (Spain) -- Floating Jakarta: A Human Dimension -- Marine spatial planning at the municipal scale: lessons from China and Sweden.

Summary: This book highlights the research outcome of Cities Research Institute's SeaCities group at Griffith University and a panel with the same title which took place at the World Expo in Dubai 2021/22 supported by the UN. It reflects on topics which are relevant for a future aquatic urbanism like the evolution of a taxonomy for aquatic urbanism, island and ecological wetland development, the planning aspects of seascapes, as well as drivers for floating communities and aquacultural urbanism. The book broadens the perspective of the previous book "SeaCities: Urban Tactics for Sea-Level Rise" published in 2021 from a terrestrial towards an amphibious and aquatic understanding of future city development.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
E-Books	National Library of India Online Resource	304.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		EBK000044686ENG

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This book highlights the research outcome of Cities Research Institute's SeaCities group at Griffith University and a panel with the same title which took place at the World Expo in Dubai 2021/22 supported by the UN. It reflects on topics which are relevant for a future aquatic urbanism like the evolution of a taxonomy for aquatic urbanism, island and ecological wetland development, the planning aspects of seascapes, as well as drivers for floating communities and aquacultural urbanism. The book broadens the perspective of the previous book "SeaCities: Urban Tactics for Sea-Level Rise" published in 2021 from a terrestrial towards an amphibious and aquatic understanding of future city development.

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