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Making Up Ground

Photo courtesy of 99% Invisible
"The World" artificial land reclamation project in Dubai

KALW News presents "Making Up Ground," from the KALW podcast 99 Percent Invisible. The documentary reveals just how much of the earth we stand on is man-made. It considers the risks we take when cities build out, beyond the water's edge.

EMMET FITZGERALD: "Throughout history the absence of ground has been a surprisingly small obstacle for people who want to build stuff."

CREDITS:
This documentary was produced by Emmett Fitzgerald with Katie Mingle and Sharif Youssef. Other resources were: James Delgado, archaeologist, historian and author of Gold Rush Port: The Maritime Archaeology of San FranciscoStephen Graham, Professor of Cities and Society at Newcastle University and author of the book Vertical: the City from Satellites to Bunkers; and Matt Edgeworth, archaeologist at Leicester University.