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Author Bosselmann, Peter C

Title Adaptations of the Metropolitan Landscape in Delta Regions
Published Milton : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (223 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Why this book?; Part I The San Francisco Estuary and Inland Delta; 1 Water, Land and Places, the Origins of Urban Form in the San Francisco Bay Area; 2 The Bay Area's Metropolitan Landscape, a Dispersed Metropolis; 3 Causes and Consequences of Climate Change for the San Francisco Bay Area; Part II The Pearl River Delta; 1 The Pearl River Delta as a Cultural Landscape -- New Life for a Traditional Water Village; 2 Whampoa Harbor
3 Jiangmen, a Historic City Remembers its Center and the Urban Expansion on Pazhou Island in GuangzhouPart III The Dutch Delta; 1 The Making of the Dutch Delta; 2 An Archipelago of Cities -- Five Delta Towns; 3 Contemporary Examples and Strategies for the Future; Conclusion; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Urban ecology (Sociology)
Coastal settlements.
City planning -- Environmental aspects
Climatic changes
Urbanization -- California -- Delta Region
Urbanization -- China -- Pearl River Delta
Urbanization -- Netherlands
Sustainable urban development.
Deltas -- Social aspects
Water levels -- Social aspects
Coastal zone management.
Climate Change
urban environments.
climate change.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
City planning -- Environmental aspects
Climatic changes
Coastal settlements
Coastal zone management
Sustainable urban development
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urbanization
California -- Delta Region
China -- Pearl River Delta
Netherlands
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351375184
1351375180
9781315147871
1315147874