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Polder pioneers: the influence of Dutch engineers on water management in Europe, 1600-2000

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    Authors & editors

    Danner, Helga S [Author]
    Renes, Johannes [Author]
    Toussaint, Bert [Author]
    van de Ven, Gerard P [Author]
    Zeiler, Frits David [Author]

    Publisher Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap
    Year of publication 2005
    Languages

    English (main text)
    German (main text)

    Medium Book
    Edition1
    ISBN9068093789
    Topics

    Water supply & management > Irrigation & drainage

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    Accession no. 22503

    • Shelf location: I300-DAN
    • Notes: Netherlands Geographical Studies, 338; Individually authored chapters, one of which is German

    Divisions within this publication

    • 1: Water management and cultural landscapes in the Netherlands
    • 2: The Dutch contribution to the development of the hydraulic system and cultural landscape in Poland 1547 - 1945
    • 3: Niederlander in Norddeutschland, vor allem Brandenburg
    • 4: Dutch influence on Danish water management with particular reference to Lammefjorden
    • 5: Dutch engineers and the draining of the Fens of eastern England
    • 6: The Dutch-Flemish role in reclamation projects in France
    • 7: Dutch technological transfer and land reclamation in early modern Italy
    • 8: The sluices at Edam
    • 9: The export of an inherited art: Dutch experts in Europe, 1600 - 2000