Underwater: the relationship city-water in Zuid Holland
The Netherlands has a coastline of over 400 miles but they have always been characterized by an uneasy relationship with the sea. Because of geomorphology that puts the country on average 5 meters below sea level, the Dutch urban planning, at all levels of government, has always questioned the need to defend themselves from river and marine flooding; over the centuries it has developed a pragmatic approach , enshrined in various national laws and in the establishment of the Ministry of Water Management, which has set as its main objective the defense of the territory from the water. At the mom... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | TRIA : Territorio della Ricerca su Insediamenti e Ambiente, Vol 0, Iss 11, Pp 185-200 (2014) |
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Università di Napoli Federico II
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Schlagwörter: | Urban design / coastal preservation / waterfront / flood protection / Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying / NA9000-9428 / Human ecology. Anthropogeography / GF1-900 / Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology / HT101-395 |
Sprache: | Englisch Spanish Französisch Italian |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26712265 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.6092/2281-4574/2048 |