Waterfront Regeneration in a Time of Climate Change by Raffaele Pernice

Waterfront Regeneration in a Time of Climate Change by Raffaele Pernice

The current climate crisis and the rapid transformation of the natural environments will inevitably pose a threat to human settlements around the world. This book explores possible local strategies and global solutions in the safeguarding of coastal cities and the often-neglected urban waterfronts, in terms of a more effective integration with the city, whilst paying attention to the mitigation of the risks related to climate change.

Designers, administrators and engineers need to start developing various scenarios and possible solutions to tackle the inevitable transformation which is currently unfolding. This edited book contains essays which discuss several themes related to the effects of climate change on waterfronts, looking at Japan’s experience and other international case studies. Collectively, they provide a multi-faceted analysis of selected projects and relevant urban experiences and practices which address issues such as the environmental disruption and the need for more efficient and sustainable forms of regeneration and urban renewal practice for the waterfronts.

The volume will appeal to architects, planners, geographers and general readers with an interest in landscape design and social science in an international context, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students in the disciplines of built environment.

“This is a relevant and surprising book which presents and compares some policies and practices of waterfront regeneration in Tokyo, Sydney, Shanghai, and elsewhereIt shows an international perspective with several original contributions of young scholars and more experienced academics.”

Xiaoming Zhu, Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai.

“As the world faces the onslaught of intensified environmental calamities, Waterfront Regeneration in a Time of Climate Change: Recent Japanese and International Experiences presents a timely, must-read compendium of perspectives to address these contemporary challenges through rigorous, multi-disciplinary analysis by architects, urban planners and designers, and architectural historians.”

Ken Tadashi Oshima, Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle.

"Building on Japan's extensive experience in water urbanism and flood management, Waterfront Regeneration in a Time of Climate Change is an ambitious publication that bridges the gap between research, planning, and design for resilient coastal cities."

Grulois Geoffrey, Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Université libre de Bruxelles.

"This compelling collection of contemporary and historic essays leaves no doubt about the profound environmental, social and governance challenges confronting waterside cities in the era of global warming. Its many insights and ideas about precarity and preparedness underline the salience of transformative, grounded and inclusive long term strategies transcending business-as-usual."

Robert Freestone, Professor, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney.

Raffaele Pernice is a licensed architect and Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urbanism in the Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture at the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Australia. An urban and architectural historian by training, he holds a PhD in architecture from Waseda University, Japan and a MArch from the University IUAV of Venice, Italy.

Tetsuya Yaguchi is Professor at Waseda University, Japan, where he conducts theoretical research and leads urban design initiatives aimed at sustaining and enhancing the built environment. In addition to his academic work, Mr. Yaguchi actively conducts pre-disaster planning workshops for communities in Tokyo and develops disaster education programmes for younger generations.