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The making of Polder cities : a fine Dutch tradition /

In the Netherlands, climate change brings more frequent and extreme rainfall causing fluvial flooding. The urban water systems are unable to deal with this change in the hydrological cycle in spite of the fact that the Dutch have lived with this condition for centuries. The question is: What is the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hooimeijer, Fransje
Format:	Book
Language:	Dutch
Published:	Heyningen : JAP SAM Books, 2014.
Subjects:	City planning > Netherlands. Rivers > Netherlands. Watershed management > Netherlands. Water and architecture > Netherlands. City planning. Rivers. Water and architecture. Watershed management. Netherlands.

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