Water-Related Urbanization and Locality: Protecting, Planning and Designing Urban Water Environments in a Sustainable Way

Front Matter ....Pages i-xx
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Locality Pattern Systems as Design Tools for Water-Related Open Spaces  (Martin Prominski, Kendra Busche)....Pages 3-26
 The Influence of Water Transportation Evolution on the Economic Development of Cities Along the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal Since the Late Qing Dynasty  (Fang Wang, Chenge Gao, Wenying Hu)....Pages 27-45
 Locality in Water-Related Urban Design: Dimensions and Examples  (Carl Herwarth von Bittenfeld, Joachim Rosenberger)....Pages 47-62
 Coastal Tourism City Development Planning Led by Water System Construction  (Binyi Liu, Wei Chen, Guangjia Zhang, Zhanying Zhu, Jing Liang)....Pages 63-79
 Study on Water Resources Problems of Arid Areas Under the Influence of Urbanization  (Jianli Ding, Jinjie Wang, Ligang Ma, Wen Ma)....Pages 81-95
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 Water Environment Protection for Reservoirs in Mountainous Cities: A Case Study of Longjing Lake in Chongqing  (Qiang He, Xiaoliu Huangfu, Caihong Liu, Ziwei Chen)....Pages 99-123
 Bottom-Up or Top-Down? The Water God Faith in Human–Water Relationships: A Case Study of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the Qing Dynasty  (Fang Wang, Haochun Li, Qingyin Liu, Longjiang Du)....Pages 125-142
 Water Commoning: Testing the Bille River in Hamburg as a Space for Collaborative Experimentation  (Antje Stokman, Dagmar Pelger, Amelie Rost, Dorothee Halbrock)....Pages 143-165
 Decentralized Stormwater Management: Experiences with Various Measures in Germany  (Wolfgang Dickhaut, Michael Richter)....Pages 167-179
 Flood Control and Evaluation Study of Small Watershed Units and Urban Topography Landscape for Wuhan City  (Jing Wu, Mengting Li)....Pages 181-204
 Tools for Designing Riverscapes Co-creatively. Walk! Find Typologies! Design Spatial Visions!  (Henrik Schultz)....Pages 205-218
 Water as a Resource  (Annette Rudolph-Cleff, Simon Gehrmann)....Pages 219-236
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 Water-Based Communication and Its Impacts: A New Perspective on the Grand Unification of Imperial China  (Bihu Wu, Yanbo Wen, Tingwei Lin)....Pages 239-253
 Water as a Primary Building Material of the City as Second Nature  (Andreas Quednau, Sabine Müller)....Pages 255-281
 Study on Spatial Planning Strategies of the Yellow River Floodplain Area in Xinxiang from the Perspective of a Resilient City  (Chi Li, Xinyu Ma)....Pages 283-301
 Assessing the Uniqueness of River Landscapes: The Lahn Case Study  (Christian Albert, Jana Brenner, Johannes Hermes, Dominik Metzger, Julia Thiele)....Pages 303-315
 The Functions and Aesthetic Meaning of Water Scenes in Chinese Temple Gardens  (Hui Wu, Hexian Jin, Qingqing Zheng)....Pages 317-339
 Study on Spatial Planning Methods of Urban Water Systems in the Arid Areas from an Ecological Perspective: A Case Study of Aksu, Xinjiang  (Wenqi Lin, Li Liu, Junhui Liang, Hui Yi, Bin Liu)....Pages 341-363
 Statement on Flora and Fauna as Integral Components of Locality in Urban Areas  (Rüdiger Prasse)....Pages 365-375