Sustainable Landscape Planning in Selected Urban Regions

Part I. Untangling Urban Regions: Theoretical Frameworks for Sustainable Landscape Planning

1. Landscape Planning for Resilient Cities in Asia: Lessons from Integrated Rural–Urban Land Use in Japan
Makoto Yokohari, Yu Ting Joanne Khew

2. The Sustainability of Extended Urban Spaces in Asia in the Twenty-First Century: Policy and Research Challenges
Terry G. McGee

3. Establishing A Sustainable Community Through Urban and Rural Fusion
Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Koji Harashina, Yuji Hara

4. Sustainable Urban Structure and Transport Policy in the Metropolitan Region
Noboru Harata

5. Creation of Collaborative Networks at the City-Regional Level: Two Innovative Cases in Japan
Tetsuo Kidokoro

Part II. Diagnosing Urban Regions: Social and Environmental Consequences of Urbanization

6. Features of Urbanization and Changes in the Thermal Environment in Jakarta, Indonesia
Akinobu Murakami, Shinji Kurihara, Koji Harashina, Alinda M. Zain

7. Strategic Analysis of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Asia: Issues, Potential and Challenges
Peeyush Soni, Vilas M. Salokhe

8. Farmland Conversion and the Sustainable City: The Case of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Irham, Senthot Sudirman

9. Urbanization in the Philippines and Its Influence on Agriculture
Marideth R. Bravo

10. The Landscape of Bangkok’s Agricultural Fringe and City Region Sustainability: An Ecological and Cultural Co-evolution
Danai Thaitakoo, Brian McGrath

11. Infectious Risk Assessment with Exposure to Pathogens in Floodwater—A Case Study of Manila’s Vulnerability to Climate Change
Tran Thi Viet Nga, Kensuke Fukushi

Part III. Diagnosing Urban Regions: Rural-Urban Linkages and Sustainability Challenges

12. Feeding Urban Regions: Estimating the Energy Consumption of Domestic Vegetable Supplies for Osaka, Japan
Yuji Hara, Kazuaki Tsuchiya

13. Catchment-Scale Water Management of Wastewater Treatment in an Urban Sewerage System with CO2 Emission Assessment
Goro Mouri, Taikan Oki

14. Dispersion of Contaminants in Urban Regions and Beyond
Sebastien Rauch

15. Urban–Rural Interrelations in Water Resource Management: Problems and Factors Affecting the Sustainability of the Drinking Water Supply in the City of Bandung, Indonesia
Parikesit, Teguh Husodo, Satoru Okubo, Totok Herwanto, I. Badri, Rimbo Gunawan, Erri Noviar Megantara, Dendi Muhammad, Kazuhiko Takeuchi

Part IV. Transforming Urban Regions: Toward Regional Sustainability

16. Urban Agriculture in the Philippines: Initiatives, Practices, Significance, and Threats
Constancio C. Guzman

17. Scaling-Up: An Overview of Urban Agriculture in North America
Potteiger Matthew

18. Regional Planning and Projects in the Ruhr Region (Germany)
Dietwald Gruehn

19. Biowaste Reuse Through Composting: The Response of Barangay Holy Spirit in Quezon City, Philippines, to Solid-Waste Management
Armando Palijon, Yuji Hara, Akinobu Murakami, Constancio Guzman, Makoto Yokoyari

20. A Concept of Integrated Groundwater Management for Sustaining Indonesian Cities Using the System Interrelationship Model
Priana Sudjono, Fitri Prabarani

21. Informal Collaborative Network: A Case Study of Meinung, Taiwan
Li-Pei Peng

Keywords: Environment, Sustainable Development, Urban Ecology, Landscape Ecology