Metropolitan landscapes in the Netherlands: Effects of policy shifting

Title

Metropolitan landscapes in the Netherlands: Effects of policy shifting

 Author

Tisma, A.

Faculty

Architecture

 Department

Urbanism

 Date

2011-12-12

 Abstract

The landscape of the Netherlands is a man-made, cultural landscape, mainly flat, apart from regions in the eastern and southern extremities, lying between -6 and 20 meters above sea level. Since the beginning of the last millennium, settlers, farmers, city dwellers and engineers have created a system of dykes, barriers and locks defending a part of the inner land, as well as the coastline of the whole country. The abundance of land units with a man-controlled water level has made the word "polder" a Dutch contribution to many languages of the world.

 Subject

landscape policy
metropolitan parks
leisure landscapes
Netherlands

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 Publisher

Serralves Foundation, Oporto, Portugal

 Embargo date

2012-01-25

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

conference paper

 Rights

(c) 2011 Tisma, A.
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