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Across the world’s major cities, many rivers and streams have been buried, culverted or channelled underground in the pursuit of urban order and expansion. These hidden waterways – sometimes known as ‘ghost rivers’ – linger beneath the surface, shaping cityscapes, cultural imaginaries and contemporary environmental debates. This volume investigates the histories, meanings and afterlives of ghost rivers through comparative case studies in London, Sydney and Tokyo. It examines the growing international movement to ‘daylight’ concealed rivers as both ecological intervention and cultural practice, with reference to influential projects such as Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon Stream and similar initiatives in New York and Sheffield (UK).