- Great range of both riverfront and coastal promenade designs,
spanning across the globe, each showcasing a unique way of resolving
challenges with site adjustment, environmental factors, sustainability,
and highlighting ways to improve or create better public access for a
more culturally rich social cohesion between the infrastructure,
community and the environment.- Many of the projects are focused on
improving pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly zones within the waterfront
designs.- Book features full-color photography throughout, with detailed
diagrams and illustrations, key guidelines and informative text
panels.Waterfronts, the unique places where land and water meet, are a
finite resource, embodying the special history and character of each
city. The last decades have witnessed profound changes along abandoned
or underused waterfronts, bringing in new pedestrian areas, new business
opportunities, and new vitality. This trend is accelerating in cities
around the globe.Waterfront Promenade Design seeks to answer to the
question of how we can go about rejuvenating waterfronts by promoting
good landscape planning and design. In total, 34 great waterfront design
practices were selected from all over the world, each with their own
unique way of solving the problems posed by their allocated sites,
social conditions, and public policies. All resulted in more vibrant,
accessible, resilient, and culturally rich public spaces, attuned to
these needs.In order to strengthen the waterfront's coherence and
connection, this book pays special attention to the design of
traversable space along waterfronts, ensuring that promenades are
maintained as pedestrian and cyclists-friendly zones. Based on in-depth
analysis, this book provides useful design and planning approaches for
professionals, decision-makers, and scholars.
