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This book provides a unique contribution to the science of sustainable societies by challenging the traditional concept of rural-urban dichotomy. It combines environmental engineering and landscape sciences perspectives on urban region issues, making the book a unique work in urban study literatures...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Japan : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Science for Sustainable Societies,
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| Summary: |
This book provides a unique contribution to the science of sustainable societies by challenging the traditional concept of rural-urban dichotomy. It combines environmental engineering and landscape sciences perspectives on urban region issues, making the book a unique work in urban study literatures. Today's extended urban regions often maintain rural features within their boundaries and also have strong social, economic, and environmental linkages with the surrounding rural areas. These intra- and inter- linkages between urban and rural systems produce complex interdependences with global a |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 265 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9784431564430 4431564438 |
| Index Number: | HT241 |
| CLC: | TU984 |
| Call Number: | TU984/S964-5 |
| Contents: | Foreword -- Preface -- Part I Untangling Urban Regions: Theoretical Frameworks for Sustainable Landscape Planning -- Chapter 1 Landscape Planning for Resilient Cities in Asia: Lessons from Integrated Rural-Urban Land-Use in Japan -- Chapter 2 The Sustainability of Extended Urban Spaces in Asia in the 21st Century: Policy and Research Challenges -- Chapter 3 Establishing a Sustainable Community through Urban and Rural Fusion -- Chapter 4 Sustainable Urban Structure and Transport policy in the Metropolitan Region -- Chapter 5 Creation of Collaborative Networks at the City-Regional Level: Two I |