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City planning takes effect largely through some governing agency and requires understanding of the ecology (in this case, the riverine ecology) and the means to exploit it. This would require adequate organization to execute large scale works of elaborate fortification and layout of the city and construction requiring experienced architect, masons, carpenters, with facilities of surveying, analysis and designing.