Print Email Facebook Twitter Introduction. Urban Deltas Title Introduction. Urban Deltas: An international issue Author Meyer, Han (TU Delft OLD Urban Compositions) Contributor Nillesen, Anne Loes (editor) Kothuis, Baukje (editor) Meyer, Han (editor) Palmboom, Frits (editor) Date 2016 Abstract The position of the Netherlands as a highly urbanized delta region is by no means unique in the world. Far from it. In fact, all around the world, deltas are sites of strong urban and economic growth. What is unique about the Netherlands, however, is the high level of flood protection, which has ensured that no serious flooding disaster has taken place for over sixty years. Most other urban deltas lack such protection systems and have to contend with high levels of vulnerability. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a0e67733-cadb-4ac3-8089-c9cccfc414f0 Publisher Delft University Publishers ISBN 978-94-6186-599-1 Source Delta Interventions: Design and Engineering in urban water Landscapes Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type book chapter Rights © 2016 Han Meyer Files PDF Han_Meyer_2016.pdf 240.72 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:a0e67733-cadb-4ac3-8089-c9cccfc414f0/datastream/OBJ/view