Daylighting Urban Rivers

www. daylighting.org. uk is part of a research project at the University of Sheffield. Deculverting, also known as 'daylighting', involves opening up buried watercourses and restoring them back to more natural conditions.

Deculverting, also known as 'daylighting', involves opening up buried watercourses and restoring them back to more natural conditions. Deculverting has been called the most "radical expression" of river restoration and is often claimed to provide multiple benefits to society, the environment and the economy.

However, as with many other river restoration schemes, the outcomes and objectives of deculverting projects are rarely published. This work is vital and needs to be supported at the national-international levels. To help address this challenge we have established this map-based website where practitioners and researchers working on deculverting projects are encouraged to enter case study information.