Industrial

The development of Manhattan’s shoreline was greatly influ- enced by population and industrial growth along the Hudson River Valley. The first major land reclamation project...Read more

As the only large settlement in the Maldives, a nation com- prised of 28 natural atolls and 1194 islands, Malé plays a crit- ical role...Read more

With a waterfront of 72 km, Dubai is the largest city in the UAE. It was established at the mouth of the Dubai Creek in...Read more

An important settlement on the River Lagan since the Bronze Age, Belfast became a centre of ship making when a shipyard and dry dock were...Read more

Over a 40 year time period, Abu Dhabi, captial of the United Arab Emirates, has extented its shoreline dramatically. Land reclamation is conducted through dredging,...Read more

Following the city’s re-establishment as Norway’s capital in 1814, Christiania grew substantially, particularly during world war years. During this time, the waterfront was expanded to...Read more

Initially occupied by indigenous Indian empires and later by Portuguese colonial powers, the Seven Islands of Bombay were gifted to England as part of a...Read more

A port since the 5th century AD, Jakarta was claimed as a colony of the Dutch between 1610 and 1942, a period in which the...Read more

Sandwiched between the Mediterranean Sea and the Leb- anon Mountains, Beirut is a site of successive Phoenician, Roman, and Ottoman ports, Beirut has a rich...Read more

Formerly located outside of the city of London, the town of North Woolwich once existed in low lying marshlands along the Thames River. Following 1844...Read more