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urban functions can be rathercomple
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7 1 Introduction “The reason we
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are evident in the scale, streetsca
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With confidence fi in this mastered
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Adaptations are fundamental, but co
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8 Hong Kong by Pieter Pauw and Mari
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“The Pearl River Delta region is
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continue to rise under the pressure
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Figure 8.5 Flooding due to a heavy
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� Typhoon Wanda (1962) coincided
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Hong Kong’s painful experiences w
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Reducing resource dependency In lig
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9 1 Introduction The Japanese settl
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9 2 Present situation Tokyo is the
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Figure 9.5 Shibuya district in Toky
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Figure 9.8 Permeable pavement in a
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10 1 Introduction Ho Chi Minh City
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10 4 Climate adaptation HCMC faces
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Ho Chi Minh City Moving Towards the
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11 1 Introduction “Climate change
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strategies. Continuing this develop
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the world. The earliest inhabitants
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authorities. The Victorian Coastal
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Reason for the conference was that
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References Hong Kong HK1 Department
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