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Tag Archives: waterways
“Right here in river city!”
Many of you will recognize the title of this post being from the musical The Music Man. In this particular case I am referring to those cities, towns, and villages named after the river that flows through or by them. … Continue reading
Posted in branding, Canada, cities, Communications, environment, fun, geography, history, Maps, movies, music, nature, North America, placemaking, States, Statistics, tourism, transportation, Travel, video
Tagged Big Sioux, cities, environment, etymology, geography, Grand, Hudson, Kansas, maps, movies, musicals, Muskegon, nature, Niagara, physical geography, place names, Platte, rivers, rock, streams, The Music man, theater, topography, towns. villages, video, waterways
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Confluential cities
For purposes of this post, a “confluential city” is one that is situated at or near the confluence of two or more important rivers and which has had an influential economic, historic, strategic, cultural, political, and/or social impact on the surrounding region or … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Canada, China, cities, culture, diversity, economic development, Europe, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, North America, Oceania, planning, revitalization, South America, tourism, transportation, urban planning
Tagged CAiro, cargo, cities, commerce, freight, geography, history, land use, logistics, Paducah, planning, rivers, shipping, topography, transportation, transportation planning, travel, waterways
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