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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

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

The Pearl-Qatar is an artificial island constructed off the West Bay Lagoon in Doha, south of the planned city of Lu- sail. It is the...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

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

Immediately south of Copenhagen, Kalvebod comprises much of the western half of Amager island. An area of reclaimed seabed, Kalvebod was originally dammed and drained...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