Not just “Better City, Better Life”: Creating a sustainable urban legacy beyond World Expo 2010 in Shanghai

In recent years, creating an urban legacy has gradually become the focus of event-led development or regeneration in cities. World Expo 2010 Shanghai, held under the theme “Better city, Better life” was organised to emphasise the concept of “city of harmony” and to promote the sustainable development of the city. The event itself is considered...

Notes on the Hwangho, or Yellow River including extracts from a report on the condition of the south bank immediately below Lo-k’ou

Description of the banks of the Yellow River, protection works. Also describes the works of Johannis de Rijke; especially mentions “pakwerk”. Description of rive regulation works and groynes. Publication contains a longitudinal profile and several maps.