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Highlights
- Comprehensive handbook of river planning Urban riverbanks are attractive locations and highly prized recreational environments.
- About the Author: Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski, Leibniz University Hannover; Prof. Antje Stokman, HCU Hamburg
- 360 Pages
- Architecture, Urban & Land Use Planning
- Series Name: Zeller
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Book Synopsis
Comprehensive handbook of river planning
Urban riverbanks are attractive locations and
highly prized recreational environments. However, they must meet the
requirements of flood control, open space design and ecology at the same
time, often a challenging task for the designer. This book is the
product of extensive research that identified some 60 best-practice
examples and subjected them to a comparative analysis. The result is a
systematic catalog of effective strategies and innovative design tools
that provides readers with an inspiring overview of the broad spectrum
of design possibilities for river spaces. Each project is illustrated
with photographs taken especially for the book and each design strategy
and tool is explained by diagrams.
This revised edition introduces ten new case studies chiefly from North America.
- Interdisciplinary approach for landscape architects, engineers and other planners
- Seventy international best-practice examples from Europe, North America and Asia are analyzed
- Systematic catalog of design methods and tools
Review Quotes
"With its clear language and impeccable organization and design, River.Space.Design. serves not only as a great resource for design ideas and examples, but also as a challenge to how we consider rivers in an urban context [...] In the book's introduction, the author writes, >What has been lacking up to date is an overview that presents the wide diversity of design possibilities for urban river spaces in a systematic and transferable way. This book aims to fill this gap and serve as a primer and reference for designers of urban spaces.In: http: //dirt.asla.org/2013/01/16/rethinking-our-relationship-with-rivers/
About the Author
Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski, Leibniz University Hannover; Prof. Antje Stokman, HCU Hamburg