Cities worldwide are uncovering their rivers · Video

'Daylighting' - The new trend that is transforming cities...

Waterways were once the beating hearts of our cities.

They bore the boats laden with the goods, tradesmen and settlers that transformed inlets and backwaters into hubs of humanity.

However, all that changed 200 years ago with the advent of the industrial revolution: as cities became crowded, rivers were polluted with human and industrial waste, becoming sources of disease; at the same time the development of the railways meant waterways were no longer the essential mode of transport they once were.

The result was that all across the world cities covered over their rivers, forcing them into culverts or tunnels below the metropolis.

Today, waterways across the world are fighting back.


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Posted By Gremelin Posted on February 5th, 2019

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Upload Date: January 1st, 2018 at 09:00:00 am

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