canalization

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

canalization
    n 1: the production of a canal or a conversion to canals [syn:
         {canalization}, {canalisation}]
    2: management through specified channels of communication [syn:
       {channelization}, {channelisation}, {canalization},
       {canalisation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Canalization \Ca*nal`i*za"tion\, n.
   Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]