Managing urban riverscapes

Author(s)
Meike Levin-Keitel
Abstract

Urban riverscapes are facing diverse demands concerning riparian uses, ecological, economic and social functionalities, and aesthetic questions. One of the main challenges today is the implementation of an integrative perspective on riverscapes to overcome the horizontal frontiers of traditional water management (water governance) and urban planning (land governance). Led by the theoretical framework of planning culture, the article shows the different rationalities and governance approaches from a cultural perspective. Finally, two quite different local planning cultures are outlined to illustrate the cultural variety with which the challenges of sustainable urban riverscapes are managed.

Organisation(s)
Department of Geography and Regional Research
External organisation(s)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Journal
Water International
Volume
39
Pages
842-857
No. of pages
16
ISSN
0250-8060
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2014.957797
Publication date
09-2014
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
507012 Spatial structure
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Water Science and Technology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/ac37f6ad-b173-4b65-8650-9ceb56f1bb99