By Voula P. Mega

In the age of city geopolitics, in cooperation with the most important urban networks and projects, interconnected coastal towns lead in the direction of a extra resilient sustainable destiny. This e-book increases worldwide expertise at the demanding situations and possibilities for coastal towns and the myriad of concerns and stakeholders which effect them.

The ebook deals a breathtaking built-in view of the main severe city coastal sustainability concerns shaping the city horizon of the long run. Drawing at the so much authoritative experiences and asking additional questions, the e-book embraces problems with clever, sustainable and inclusive blue eco-friendly progress, lively social integration, environmental sense of right and wrong and resilience, foodstuff, power and source safeguard, exploration and defense of the worldwide ocean, ecosystem-based city coastal making plans and coverage and growth in schooling and technology, tradition and the humanities, coastal city renaissance and liable multi-layered governance.

From huge worldwide ports to small tourism and fishing lodges, sustainable improvement demands coastal towns to enhance their services. Coastal towns have to undertake ecosystem-based ways to regulate the land-sea continuum, put money into blue eco-friendly strength and mobility, allure liable enterprise funding, and honour the ocean as a resource of endless innovation and culture.

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