Reaching back into diverse land uses and modifying their structure, the Changsha river park marries landform and architecture, blurring the river and city edge. Entire districts take on the character of the river, where shopping development twists and turns like the meandering river currents, and new wetland parks are established as urban bio-filtration and wildlife enhancement. An extension of a comprehensive greenbelt system, the waterfront hybridizes city and park, reconnecting the city to its river, and a people to its culture.