Overview
- Highlights a strategy which includes four tactics on how to deal with the risk of sea-level rise and other water hazards
- Presents case studies from three cities
- Offers opportunities for cities for urban extensions like marine estates, aquatic food production, sea-related industry, and oceanic tourist attractions
Part of the book series: Cities Research Series (CRS)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. Joerg Baumeister was the previous Director of the Australian Urban Design Research Centre, UWA, and has attracted more than $2 M in industry grants in the last three years for multi-disciplinary projects with government institutions in WA, e.g. about “Perth Water” and “Shoreline development” which have been published in books, government reports and journal articles.
Prof. Paul Burton has a long-standing interest in the theory and practice of public policy-making, with a special interest in planning and urban policy. He is currently exploring the emergence of a national urban policy in Australia and the translation of urban policy ideas from elsewhere – such as the UK’s City Deals approach – to Australian settings.
Dr. Edoardo Bertone is a Researcher with a civil engineering background and a current focus on data-driven modelling, Bayesian Network and System Dynamics modelling applied to the water resources management, water-energy nexus, environmental healthand climate change adaptation fields.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: SeaCities
Book Subtitle: Urban Tactics for Sea-Level Rise
Editors: Joerg Baumeister, Edoardo Bertone, Paul Burton
Series Title: Cities Research Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8748-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-8747-4Published: 29 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-8750-4Published: 30 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-8748-1Published: 28 November 2020
Series ISSN: 2662-4842
Series E-ISSN: 2662-4850
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 304
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 121 illustrations in colour
Topics: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Climate Change, Natural Hazards, Environmental Management, Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building