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Adaptive Urban Transformation: Urban Landscape Dynamics, Regional Design and Territorial Governance in the Pearl River Delta, China

Adaptive Urban Transformation: Urban Landscape Dynamics, Regional Design and Territorial Governance in the Pearl River Delta, China

Nijhuis, Steffen
Lange, Eckart
Sun, Yimin

Hardcover

Series: Urban Book

Environmental StudiesGeneral Political ScienceLandscape Architecture

ISBN10: 303089827X
ISBN13: 9783030898274
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jul 2 2023
Pages: 314
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.22 Depth: 9.37
Language: English

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.

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