Turning The Tide

H.L.F. Saeijs • ebook • pdf

• Samenvatting
  Turning The Tide
  Essays on Dutch ways with water
  
  Dr Henk Saeijs is the spiritual father and driving force behind the
  modernization and 'ecologization' of watermanagement in the Netherlands
  that took place in the last decades of the 20th century until now. In
  these essays he presents his experiences  and views. Many themes are being
  dealt with in a challenging way. Myths and beliefs that politicians and
  the general public have on for example salt water as undesirable,
  reclaiming land, safety and sea defenses, fresh water and others, are
  thoroughly being debunked. In stead of technology-driven solutions Saeijs
  advocates the power and flexibility of Mother Nature, because after all
  'she has over 3 billion years of experience'. All too often the downside
  of technical solutions are neglected or underestimated; only much later
  the (unpaid) bill comes along for untold quantities of polluted mud, the
  diminished biological production of estuaries and so on. Fortunately,
  there are positive trends emerging, especially where scientists and
  engineers try to use and respect the resilience of ecosystems.
  Turning the Tide is a stimulating collection of essays for anyone who is
  interested in water and water management, certainly not only in The
  Netherlands with its interesting coastal structure and its polders op to 7
  meters below sea level, but even more so in a global context.
  Contents
  1 Water, blessed and cursed
  2 From 'ego-pragmatism' to 'eco-pragmatism'
  3 The Rijn: there's more to it than meets the boats
  4 Polders, keep them or kill them?
  5 Problems with a rain river
  6 Is the sea worth its salt?
  7 The delta: from excavation to well of knowledge
  8 Being creative in a changing delta
  9 Hidden assets
  10 Back to mother nature
  11 A water crisis casts its shadow
  12 Change of course
  13 Living with dams
  14 Eco-man
  15 Imaginable risks
  16 Innovating safety
  17 Is our delta an alma mater?
  Literature
  Index
   
  http://www.vssd.nl/hlf/f037.htm
• Productinformatie
  Binding : PDF
  Auteur : H.L.F. Saeijs
  Bestandstype : PDF
  Distributievorm : Ebook (digitaal)
  Aantal pagina's : Afhankelijk van e-reader
  Beveiliging : Adobe DRM   Informatie 
  Uitgeverij : VSSD
  ISBN : 9789065621818
  Datum publicatie : 07-2008
  
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