waterfront
Let an agent explain waterfronts as urban places, relay planning and regeneration practice from urban and heritage sources, describe seafronts and harbour waterfronts, and distinguish waterfronts from shores and beaches in general.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a waterfront is.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a waterfront, and how do seafronts, harbour fronts, riverfronts and lakefronts differ? definition
- Is the question about an urban waterfront, a beach, a port or a marina? boundary
Elements
Elements.
Elements
Elements.
- What elements such as promenades, piers, quays and esplanades make up a waterfront? definition
- Which entry fits the specific element? action
Plan Planning and regeneration.
Regeneration
Regeneration.
Regeneration
Regeneration.
- How have former docks and industrial waterfronts been regenerated, and with what outcomes, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Design
Design principles.
Design
Design.
- What principles guide waterfront design for access, mixed use and resilience? provenance
- Which entry fits waterfront regeneration? action
Risk Risk and environment.
Flood
Flooding and sea level.
Flood
Flood.
- How do flood risk and sea level rise affect waterfront planning? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Access
Public access.
Access
Access.
- What rights and policies protect public access to waterfronts? provenance
- Which entry fits public access to the shore? action
Context History and examples.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did seafronts develop with seaside resorts, and harbour fronts with trade? provenance
- Which entry fits seaside resort? action
Examples
Notable waterfronts.
Examples
Examples.
- Which waterfronts are notable, and why? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific waterfront? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.BLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- seafront
What it is Filled
The part of a town or city that faces a sea, lake, river or harbour, including the shore itself and the streets, promenades, quays, docks and buildings along it, as in a seafront with esplanade and piers or a redeveloped harbour waterfront; waterfronts have shifted from working ports to leisure, housing and tourism in many cities, and their planning balances public access, flood risk, heritage and development.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain waterfronts as urban places, relay planning and regeneration practice from urban and heritage sources, describe seafronts and harbour waterfronts, and distinguish waterfronts from shores and beaches in general.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Water edge location
- Public promenade
- Regeneration history
- Flood exposure
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Block public access to a waterfront without lawful authority.
- Let people onto quays, piers or sea walls closed for storm or structural danger.
- Discharge waste or runoff into the water.
- Present development plans as approved before they are decided.
Only with a human decision
- Closing a waterfront or ordering evacuation during flooding or storms.
May
- Describe a waterfront's features, access and history from public sources.
- Monitor flood, tide and storm warnings for the operator that authorized it.
Moral aspects Filled
- Waterfront redevelopment can push out residents and fishing communities.
- Rising seas threaten waterfront homes and lives.
Who is affected
- Residents
- Visitors
- Fishers and boat users
Owners Filled
Steward
The landowners and the local authority; the public may hold rights of access.
Master systems
- Land registry or cadastre
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q468756 - registry parent class
- Q79007 - registry parent class
related
- shore - in registry terms
- street - in registry terms, as a seafront road
- urban planning - and regeneration
- harbour - in port cities
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.waterfront
- Wikidata: Q1851368 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1851368)
Direct properties required Filled
- Shoreline frontage length: m - Measure along the water-facing boundary using a stated mapping scale and district boundary.
- District area: m2 - Measure the mapped area within explicitly defined waterfront district boundaries.
- Ground elevation: m - Survey ground elevations relative to a stated vertical datum to describe variation across the waterfront.
Recognition required Filled
- Urban edge along water
- Seafronts, harbour waterfronts, riverfronts, lakefronts
- A beach is the natural shore; a port is a working facility; a marina is for boats
- A promenade, quay or row of buildings along the water edge.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept
- relay planning and regeneration
- describe kinds
- distinguish from natural shores
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Flooding and erosion
- Privatisation of public access
- Gentrification from regeneration, with positions attributed
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Coastal and river planning laws
- Flood risk and sea level rise policies
- Public access rights to the shore
- Heritage protection of historic waterfronts
Context of use required Filled
- Public, commercial and leisure use of the water edge.
- seafronts with promenades and piers
- harbour and dockland waterfronts
- riverfronts
- lakefronts
- working waterfronts with ports and fishing
- regenerated waterfronts such as Baltimore Inner Harbor and London Docklands
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1851368: waterfront - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Waterfront (area) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should seafront and waterfront regeneration be separate entries?
- How should planning sources be linked?
- How should notable waterfronts be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1851368/spec.json