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Water and city are inseparably linked. As water is a necessity, cities have always been related to and defined by water. Under the theoretical framework of Landscape Urbanism this article analyses the water-city relationship. It uses the landscape scale to study the interplay between the built environment and water structures as they articulate harmoniously, but very often also in conflicting ways. Flooding, waterlogging, water scarcity and water quality are only a few of the notions that problematize the relationship. The article discusses the preliminary results of the doctoral research "River Restoration as an Urban Development Strategy". It seeks to establish the possibilities of applying river restoration in urban contexts as an analysis and design method and turning river restoration instruments into decision making and development tools. The case study is Andalien River in Concepcion City, Chile. The landscape scale reference unit is the river basin. The geographic sections of this river course; their dynamics and the interplay with the urban are analysed, mainly through the cartographic exploration. The results shown in this article are first outlines for an exploratory city-water atlas that assesses and evaluates landscape elements as structures that can guide future urbanisation, while restoring a more constructive interplay between water and urban structures. ispartof: Revista de Urbanismo issue:33 pages:52-72 ispartof: Revista de Urbanismo status: published |
