Artificial Rivers in the Western World: Engineered Water, Engineered Risk
Across the western world, rivers have been reshaped into artificial channels – straightened, deepened, lined with concrete, and disconnected from their floodplains. From the
Artificial Rivers in the Eastern World: Control, Growth, and Restoration
In much of the eastern world, rivers have been intensively engineered to support rapid urbanization, agriculture, and energy production. Mega-infrastructures like the Three Gorges