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Founded in 1718, “La Nouvelle-Orleans” was established by the French along the fertile banks of the Mississippi River. Here, sedimentation from the Mississippi created natural...Read more

The city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan was founded by the Mexica people in 1325. Constructed in the middle of Lake Texcoco, the Aztecs first developed what is...Read more

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

In the early 1900s, it was decided that the Netherlands’ central water body, the Zuiderzee, would be reclaimed out of growing needs for flood protection...Read more

Located immediately north of the capital city of Doha, Lu- sail is a waterfront development envisioned to house ap- proximately 450,000 people. Its development includes...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

The town of Bayou Vista, Texas and Tiki Island consist of waterfront houses built along a series of dredged canals, built in the 1960s. The...Read more

The Netherlands has a long and well documented history of land reclamation projects dating back to the Middle Ages. Farmers in the 11th century settled...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

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