Abstract
For the Biesbosch the Delta Plan (to protect the western part of the Netherlands against the sea) might result in the digging of new canals, removal of obstructing landscape elements and even withdrawal of polder dikes. A research project was started to make an inventory of historical landscape elements
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | European landscapes: from mountain to sea |
Editors | T. Unwin, T. Spek |
Place of Publication | Tallinn (Estonia) |
Publisher | HUMA |
Pages | 30-36 |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Keywords
- flooding
- floods
- landscape
- dykes
- history
- hydraulic engineering
- wetlands
- zuid-holland
- noord-brabant
- biesbosch
- historical geography