DESIGNING FOR BETTER INTERACTION BETWEEN WATER , WATER’S EDGE AND URBAN FABRIC
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 2G . PITFALLS OF WATERFRONT REGENERATION TABLE
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Be it a flooding river or storm prone sea, one bad day can destroy millions in development and revenue.
While many people enjoy a drive along a river, they won’t linger unless there is way for them to interact with the blue space as pedestrians. This reflects back on the need for a waterfront to be open to the public.
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Ecosystems are important assets in and of themselves and require protection.Waterfronts are both bountiful resources and changeable hazards.
A quick way to take a gorgeous waterfront and make sure no one ever accesses it is by making it a space for cars instead of people.
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Perhaps the biggest gaffe a waterfront developer can make is failing to plan for the environment.
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FIG 59: Motorway flanking the river in Paris
The treatment of the interface between water and urban realm / land is important to the way the user perceives the waterfront and also affects the interaction level and pattern between water , user and the urban fabric.The next part of the literature review summarises these findings.
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FIG 58 : Biologically dead waterfront
From the previous part of the literature review especially the study of successful waterfront regeneration process increasing interaction and accessibility to water comes across as an extremely crucial factor.
Source : www.thewaterfront.com DEBANIL PRAMANIK , BARTLETT SCHOOL OF PLANNING
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