River-Friendly Cities

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1 The RESPECT period
• 1.1 Life-giving rivers – balance between benefits and threats
• 1.2 Waterways and bridges
• 1.3 Cities and harbours
• Ancient harbours
• The development of inland and coastal navigation in Europe
• 1.4 Military and defensive significance of rivers
• 1.5 The structure of riverside cities
• 1.6 Cultural connections
• Saint rivers
• The symbolism of water and river in culture and religion
• 1.7 The milestones of ancient hydraulic engineering
• 2 The CONQUEST period
• 2.1 Challenging water – the Dutch phenomenon
• Stages of polders reclamation
• Olęder settlement in Poland
• 2.2 Navigation and industry – catalysts for urbanisation
• Transoceanic ventures – the colonial period
• The Industrial Revolution and development of waterway systems
• 2.3 River engineering
• The Rhine waterway
• The Danube regulation in Vienna
• 2.4 Water supply-sewage systems and pollution of rivers
• 2.5 Canalisation of urban watercourses and drainage of swamplands
• 2.6 Beautification of the nature and cities
• Parks and gardens
• City densification
• 2.7 The scale of the changes and the price of the progress
• 3 The RETURN period
• 3.1 Raising awareness
• 3.2 Waterfronts revitalisation
• Regaining the waterfronts of European cities
• Waterfronts revitalisation in Poland
• 3.3 Environment regeneration
• River regeneration at a regional scale
• Reconstruction of urban watercourses potential
• Blue-green networks
• 3.4 Water governance
• Flood risk management strategies
• Space for water in regions
• Planning under conditions of uncertainty
• Water quality
• 3.5 Integrated urban water management
• A city as an ecosystem
• Water governance in urban catchment areas
• Blue-green infrastructure
• Green architecture
• Integration of water, environment and space management
• 4 Responsible cities – vital rivers
• 4.1 Responsibility as a way of return to rivers
• 4.2 Rotterdam – water challenges and assets
• Harbour identity
• Water threats in the time of climate change
• Development strategies for the Water City
• 4.3 London and the Thames – friendship after divorce
• Water facilitated development
• Ecological cost of city development
• Revitalisation of the waterfronts and regeneration of London rivers
• Return strategies
• 4.4 Singapore – “water wise city”
• Water “tiger”
• Water deficit
• The strategy of city-basin management
• Green infrastructure and architecture
• 5 Summary
• 5.1 Return to friendship
• 5.2 Vital rivers
• 5.3 Urbanism and water
• Abstract
• River-friendly cities
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Bibliography
• Index of acronyms