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Water gives birth to human life and civilization; accordingly, a unique fascination emanates from the riverfront. Many famous cities all over the world are generally located at the junctions of rivers and seas. These last two features allow for convenient transportation and multi-cultural integration, which imparts its unique charm to these cities. The waterfront front development provides a unique opportunity for developing a strong city image along with providing an opportunity to scientifically design systems for recharging ground water from the only large natural resource of the city. An environmentally conscious approach for integration of the river into the urban fabric development has been devised. There has been a appropriate consideration of the natural potential of the land for developing into a biodiversity zone for conserving the natural heritage of the river basin as well as the local and transient requirements of facilities at the city level, like large level city greens of varying nature along with some recreational facilities.

Keywords

Waterfront; Riverfront Development; Environment.

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