Like other cities on water, Tokyo and Venice are characterised by intrinsic fragility, resulting from the combined work of the continuous emergence of technolog

The process of modernization, especially during the twentieth century, has brought about dramatic changes in most cities situated on a body of water. The search

Tokyo: destroyed by the earthquake of 1923 and again by the firebombing of World War II. Does anything remain of the old city? The internationally known Japanes

Water control is essential to Japan, as more than half of its invested capital is concentrated in elevations under sea level and the majority of the island nati

This book discusses existing and future global problems of physical, chemical, biological and societal origins faced by increasingly populated cities and mega-c