Historical landscape identity and river management in the Biesbosch, a Dutch coastal wetland

G.H.P. Dirkx

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEuropean landscapes: from mountain to sea
EditorsT. Unwin, T. Spek
Place of PublicationTallinn (Estonia)
PublisherHUMA
Pages30-36
Publication statusPublished - 2003

Keywords

  • flooding
  • floods
  • landscape
  • dykes
  • history
  • hydraulic engineering
  • wetlands
  • zuid-holland
  • noord-brabant
  • biesbosch
  • historical geography

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