Dutch Dikes

The Netherlands has many thousands of dikes. A pivotal element in the Dutch landscape and one of the oldest features of the country's extensive water management program, the dikes of the Netherlands have significant cultural, historical and environmental value. But despite their importance to the history, economy and culture of the Netherlands (and their contemporary international relevance as the world scrambles to develop and implement effective flood-control strategies), Dutch dikes have never been properly mapped out or systematically studied. Many of them fail to meet current safety standards, though they are still a ubiquitous presence in the Dutch landscape. In this book, built around research producing the first dike map of the Netherlands, the Dutch dikes are for the first time described, interpreted and portrayed in all of their surprising variety of functions and guises.

  • Dike Portraits
  • Dike Map
  • Dike History
  • Dike Construction
  • Future Dikes

  • ISBN

    9789462081512
  • Title

    Dutch Dikes
  • Author

    Eric-Jan Pleijster; Cees van der Veeken
  • Publisher

    nai010 publishers
  • Publication year

    2015
  • Binding

    Hardcover
  • Language

    English

Cite: "Dutch Dikes" 22 Apr 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/869580/dutch-dikes-nai-010> ISSN 0719-8884

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