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Waterfront Areas as Hotspots of Sustainable and Creative Development of Cities

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  • Luigi Fusco Girard

    (Department of Conservation of Architectural and Environmental Heritage, University of Naples Federico II, Via Roma, 402, Napoli 80132, Italy)

  • Karima Kourtit

    (Deptment of Spatial Economics, VU University, De Boelelaan 1105, HV 1081 Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Peter Nijkamp

    (Deptment of Spatial Economics, VU University, De Boelelaan 1105, HV 1081 Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Abstract

This special issue of Sustainability is devoted to a very important sustainability topic, viz. cities and waterfront infrastructure. The presence of—and access to—water has been a critical factor in the long history of settlement patterns of humankind. Water is not only a necessary consumption good for survival, but has also an important production potential in an economic sense. [...]

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  • Luigi Fusco Girard & Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp, 2014. "Waterfront Areas as Hotspots of Sustainable and Creative Development of Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 6(7), pages 1-7, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:6:y:2014:i:7:p:4580-4586:d:38428
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    1. Doğa Üzümcüoğlu & Mukaddes Polay, 2022. "The Assessment of Creative Waterfronts: A Case Study of the Kyrenia Waterfront," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-24, September.
    2. Ali Keyvanfar & Arezou Shafaghat & Sapura Mohamad & Mu’azu Mohammed Abdullahi & Hamidah Ahmad & Nurul Hidayah Mohd Derus & Majid Khorami, 2018. "A Sustainable Historic Waterfront Revitalization Decision Support Tool for Attracting Tourists," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(2), pages 1-23, January.
    3. Yaoqi Zhang & Sheng Li & Zhimei Guo, 2015. "The Evolution of the Coastal Economy: The Role of Working Waterfronts in the Alabama Gulf Coast," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-13, April.
    4. Jing Wu & Xirui Chen & Shulin Chen, 2019. "Temporal Characteristics of Waterfronts in Wuhan City and People’s Behavioral Preferences Based on Social Media Data," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(22), pages 1-37, November.
    5. Üzümcüoğlu Doğa & Polay Mukaddes, 2024. "User Perceptions on the Urban Waterfront Development in the Kyrenia Ancient Harbour, including the Creative Individuals," European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation, Sciendo, vol. 14(1), pages 35-54.

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