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City Planning & Design
Urban Beautification
An important component of many riverfront revitalization projects is the effort to make the riverfront more beautiful. Increasingly, this effort is an important part of community development strategy, as riverfront communities seek to make their riverfronts "destination areas"—magnets for visitors and community residents alike.
Urban Planning & Design
Innovations in urban planning and design have often pointed the way for communities to enhance their riverfronts. Some of these innovations have explored the dynamic relationship between an urban river stretch and its watershed. Others have brought together traditional urban planning concerns such as affordable housing and alleviation of poverty with the physical challenges of reinvigorating an obsolete riverfront.
