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Polder pioneers : the influence of Dutch engineers on water management in Europe, 1600-2000 / editors, Helga S. Danner ... [et al.].

Title
Polder pioneers : the influence of Dutch engineers on water management in Europe, 1600-2000 / editors, Helga S. Danner ... [et al.].
Publication
Utrecht : Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap : Universiteit Utrecht, Faculteit Geowetenschappen, 2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Danner, H. S.
  • Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap
  • Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht
Description
177 p. : ill., facsim., maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Netherlands geographical studies, 0169-4839 ; 338
Uniform Title
Nederlandse geografische studies ; 338.
Alternative Title
Influence of Dutch engineers on water management in Europe, 1600-2000
Subject
  • Cultuurlandschappen
  • Deskundigen
  • Europa (geografie)
  • Hydraulic engineering > Europe > History
  • Hydraulic engineers > Netherlands
  • Nederlanders
  • Reclamation of land > Europe > History
  • Water use > Europe > History
  • Water-supply engineering > Europe > History
  • Waterhuishouding
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Text in English except section 3, in German.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Water management and cultural landscapes in the Netherlands -- The Dutch contribution to the development of the hydraulic system and cultural landscape in Poland, 1547-1945 -- Niederländer in Norddeutschland, vor allem Brandenburg -- Dutch influence on Danish water management, with particular respect to Lammefjorden -- Dutch engineers and the draining of the Fens in eastern England -- The Dutch-Flemish role in reclamation projects in France -- Dutch technological transfer and land reclamation in early modern Italy -- The sluices at Edam -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9068093789
  • 9789068093780
LCCN
^^2007427570