Sustainable Landscape Planning in Selected Urban Regions

Sustainable Landscape Planning in Selected Urban Regions edited by Makoto Yokohari, Akinobu Murakami, Yuji Hara, Kazuaki Tsuchiya.

This book provides a unique contribution to the science of sustainable societies by challenging the traditional concept of rural-urban dichotomy. It combines environmental engineering and landscape sciences perspectives on urban region issues, making the book a unique work in urban study literatures...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Yokohari, Makoto (Editor), Murakami, Akinobu (Editor), Hara, Yuji (Editor), Tsuchiya, Kazuaki (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Science for Sustainable Societies,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Sustainable development.
Urban ecology (Biology).
Landscape ecology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Part I Untangling Urban Regions: Theoretical Frameworks for Sustainable Landscape Planning
  • Chapter 1 Landscape Planning for Resilient Cities in Asia: Lessons from Integrated Rural-Urban Land-Use in Japan
  • Chapter 2 The Sustainability of Extended Urban Spaces in Asia in the 21st Century: Polity Research Challenges
  • Chapter 3 Establishing Sustainable Community through Urban-Rural Fusion
  • Chapter 4 Sustainable Urban Structure and Transport policy in Metropolitan Region
  • Chapter 5 Creation of Collaborative Networks at the City-Regional Level: Two Innovative Cases in Japan
  • Part II Diagnosing Urban Regions: Social and Environmental Consequences of Urbanization
  • Chapter 6 Features of Urbanization and Changes in the Thermal Environment in Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Chapter 7 Strategic Analysis of Urban/Peri-urban Agriculture in Asia: Issues, Potential and Challenges
  • Chapter 8 Farmland Conversion and the Sustainable City: the Case of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • Chapter 9 Urbanization in the Philippines and Its Influence on Agriculture
  • Chapter 10 The Landscape of Bangkok’s Agricultural Fringe and City Region Sustainability: An Ecological and Cultural Co-Evolution
  • Chapter 11 Infectious Risk Assessment with Exposure to Pathogens in the Flood Water – A case study of Manila’s vulnerability to climate change
  • Part III Diagnosing Urban Regions: Rural–Urban Linkages and Sustainability Challenges
  • Chapter12 Estimating the energy consumption for the production and transportation of vegetables flowing into the Osaka city region
  • Chapter 13 Catchment-scale water management of wastewater treatment in an urban sewage system with CO2 emission assessment
  • Chapter 14 Dispersion of contaminants in urban regions and beyond
  • Chapter 15 Urban-Rural Interrelations in Water-Resource Management: Problems and Factors Affecting the Sustainability of the Drinking Water Supply in the City of Bandung, Indonesia
  • Part IV Transforming Urban Regions: Toward Regional Sustainability
  • Chapter 16 Regional Planning and Projects in the Ruhr Region (Germany)
  • Chapter 17 Scaling-Up: An Overview of Urban Agriculture in North America
  • Chapter 18 Urban Agriculture in the Philippines: Initiatives, Practices, Significance, and Threats
  • Chapter 19 Bio-waste Re-use through Composting: The Response of Barangay Holy Spirit in Quezon City, Philippines to Solid-Waste Management
  • Chapter 20 A Concept on Integrated Groundwater Management for Sustaining Indonesian Cities using the System Interrelationship Model
  • Chapter 21 Informal Collaborative Network: a Case Study of Meinung, Taiwan.

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