From Hamburg to Rotterdam, New York to Tokyo, Sydney to Hong Kong, Rio to Cape Town, indelible images of some of the world's most fascinating cities are tied to the urban waterfront. In the last 30 years waterfront regeneration has taken place all over the world on a colossal scale - the empty docks, factories and railyards of hundreds of cities being replaced by exciting developments. The authors incorporate illustrations with their research from an international tour to analyze key waterfront developments from around the world in six major themes: commercial; cultural and educational; historic; recreational; residential; and working waterfronts. An illustrated gazetteer of sites in Europe, Asia and the Americas places 100 schemes in context.