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 Francisco; Stephen 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.