Terra-Sorta-Firma : : Reclaiming the Littoral Gradient.

• Author: Masoud, Fadi.
• Place / Publishing House: New York City : : Actar D,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (325 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword By Brent D. Ryan -- Introduction By Fadi Masoud -- I. Sand Narratives: Politics and Performance of Creating Artificial Terrains -- Global Sand Trade and the International Dredging Market -- Shoreline Management Catalogue -- The Land is Sand -- The Value of Sand -- II. Atlas: Urban District on Reclaimed Land -- Claiming Territory -- Venice -- Beemster Polder -- Flevopolder -- Malé -- Singapore -- Île Notre-Dame -- Treasure Island -- Key West -- Geologic Necessity -- Mexico City -- Amsterdam Centrum -- San Francisco Bay Area -- The Embarcadero -- Hong Kong + Kowloon -- Manhattan -- Mumbai -- Flamengo Park -- Solidere - Zaitunay Bay -- New Orleans -- Almere Centrum -- Flamboyant Real-Estate -- Lusail -- The Pearl -- Dubai Waterfront -- Biscayne Bay Islands +Miami Beach -- Bayou Vista + Tiki Island -- Forest City -- Songdo -- Eko Atlantic City -- Jakarta Waterfront -- Abu Dhabi Waterfront -- Jurong Island -- Landscaped Brownfields -- Back Bay Fens -- Toronto Waterfront -- Sørenga + Aker Brygge -- Barangaroo -- The Battery + Brooklyn Bridge Park -- Hammarby Sjöstad -- Cinta Costera -- False Creek -- Borneo Sporenburg -- Kalvebod Brygge -- Blue Collar /Brown Water -- Port of Rotterdam -- Tokyo Bay -- Royal Docks Silvertown -- Kobe -- Osaka Bay -- Belfast Harbour -- Port of Los Angeles -- Zeebrugge -- III. The Chinese Sub-Atlas -- Case Selection and Infographic Analysis -- China and Her Return to the Ocean -- Project Duration and Completion -- Project Agents -- Sequencing -- Programming -- Caofeidian -- Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City -- Nanhui/Lingang -- Qianhai -- Phoenix Island -- IV. Essays: Reclaiming the Littoral Gradient -- Land Reclamation in Island Cities and the Enclosure of Public Space -- Charlottetown?s Climate Adaptation: Reclaiming Land ?From? or ?For? Water?.

Global Garden City: Trans-Territorial Ecologies in Singapore -- Beyond Binaries in Urban Coastal Futures: The Case of Lagos - Nigeria -- Boston?s Shifting Ground in a Changing Climate -- Landscape Resilience Frameworks for Urbanism on Reclaimed Land -- Authors -- Credits.