Hooimeijer, Fransje.

The making of Polder cities : a fine Dutch tradition / Fransje Hooimeijer.

Heyningen : JAP SAM Books, 2014.

263 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 28 cm

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 tradition of building in wet and soft soil conditions? There is a lack of systematic research into this matter and a base for future development is missing. A framework of seven phases offers insight into the relation between the landscape, the available technology and urbanization per phase. The method of building-site preparation is crucial in the way that urban design is connected to the landscape as carrier of the hydrological system.

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City planning Netherlands.
Rivers Netherlands.
Watershed management Netherlands.
Water and architecture Netherlands.
Cours d'eau Pays-Bas.
Bassins hydrographiques Gestion Pays-Bas.
Eau et architecture Pays-Bas.
City planning.
Rivers.
Water and architecture.
Watershed management.
Netherlands.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 289344
Cote: BIB 231709
Statut: Disponible