Sustainable Landscape Planning in Selected Urban Regions

Dr. Makoto YOKOHARI (Professor at The University of Tokyo) Dr. Akinobu MURAKAMI (Associate Professor at University of Tsukuba) Dr. Yuji HARA (Assistant Professor at Wakayama University) Dr. Kazuaki TSUCHIYA (Assistant Professor at The University of Tokyo)

“This wonderful book is full of such insights, reflections, analyses, appraisals, and even anecdotes, and should be a smash hit: we should all seek to know more about these foundations, and we have a wonderful set of essays here, based off Hilbert’s original wonderful lectures, and a lot more.” (Michael Berg, MAA Reviews, July, 2018)“The book provides innovative ways of thinking about the linkage between planning and environmental issues. I recommend this book to all researchers, policymakers, and planning practitioners engaged in searching for effective solutions for future sustainable urban and rural development.” (Eduardo Oliveira, Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol. 40 (6), December, 2017)

• Foreword.- Preface.- Part I Untangling Urban Regions: Theoretical Frameworks for Sustainable Landscape Planning.- Chapter 1 Landscape Planning for Resilient Cities in Asia: Lessons from Integrated Rural-Urban Land-Use in Japan.- Chapter 2 The Sustainability of Extended Urban Spaces in Asia in the 21st Century: Polity Research Challenges.- Chapter 3 Establishing Sustainable Community through Urban-Rural Fusion.- Chapter 4 Sustainable Urban Structure and Transport policy in Metropolitan Region.- Chapter 5 Creation of Collaborative Networks at the City-Regional Level: Two Innovative Cases in Japan.- Part II Diagnosing Urban Regions: Social and Environmental Consequences of Urbanization.- Chapter 6 Features of Urbanization and Changes in the Thermal Environment in Jakarta, Indonesia.- Chapter 7 Strategic Analysis of Urban/Peri-urban Agriculture in Asia: Issues, Potential and Challenges.- Chapter 8 Farmland Conversion and the Sustainable City: the Case of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.- Chapter 9 Urbanization in the Philippines and Its Influence on Agriculture.- Chapter 10 The Landscape of Bangkok’s Agricultural Fringe and City Region Sustainability: An Ecological and Cultural Co-Evolution.- Chapter 11 Infectious Risk Assessment with Exposure to Pathogens in the Flood Water – A case study of Manila’s vulnerability to climate change.- Part III Diagnosing Urban Regions: Rural–Urban Linkages and Sustainability Challenges.- Chapter12 Estimating the energy consumption for the production and transportation of vegetables flowing into the Osaka city region.- Chapter 13 Catchment-scale water management of wastewater treatment in an urban sewage system with CO2 emission assessment.- Chapter 14 Dispersion of contaminants in urban regions and beyond.- Chapter 15 Urban-Rural Interrelations in Water-Resource Management: Problems and Factors Affecting the Sustainability of the Drinking Water Supply in the City of Bandung, Indonesia.- Part IV Transforming Urban Regions: Toward Regional Sustainability.- Chapter 16 Regional Planning and Projects in the Ruhr Region (Germany).- Chapter 17 Scaling-Up: An Overview of Urban Agriculture in North America.- Chapter 18 Urban Agriculture in the Philippines: Initiatives, Practices, Significance, and Threats.- Chapter 19 Bio-waste Re-use through Composting: The Response of Barangay Holy Spirit in Quezon City, Philippines to Solid-Waste Management.- Chapter 20 A Concept on Integrated Groundwater Management for Sustaining Indonesian Cities using the System Interrelationship Model.- Chapter 21 Informal Collaborative Network: a Case Study of Meinung, Taiwan.