
Settlements
Why Rivers Gather Towns at Their Crossings
Why rivers gather towns at their crossings: read the bridge, banks, approaches and nearby ground to see how a crossing…
See how towns and villages take shape in relation to land and one another.

Why rivers gather towns at their crossings: read the bridge, banks, approaches and nearby ground to see how a crossing…
Its character comes from the land, the places people build and the connections between them. We look closely at those parts, without treating any one map as the whole story.