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In the Netherlands there is nowadays much concern about increasing water levels in the rivers, flooding and the accelerated rise in sea level. The sea dominates the Dutch geography and the mouths of four great rivers, water and natural space are inextricably bound to one another. For centuries spatial planning in the low-lying Netherlands has been a matter of separating and maintaining the separation between land and water, with high economic benefits. But at the same time the ecological status of the river systems deteriorated and the natural habitats were fragmented very much.
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FOKKENS, B. (2006). THE DUTCH STRATEGY FOR SAFETY AND RIVER FLOOD PREVENTION. In: Vasiliev, O., van Gelder, P., Plate, E., Bolgov, M. (eds) Extreme Hydrological Events: New Concepts for Security. NATO Science Series, vol 78. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5741-0_23
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