Dutch Landscape: An Overview maps every terrain type across the Netherlands — dunes, polders, peat clearings, sandy soils — tracing how a nation has continuously engineered its own ground to exist at all.
About This Book
Few landscapes in the world are as deliberately constructed as the Dutch one. Without sustained human intervention, much of the Netherlands would simply be underwater. Dutch Landscape: An Overview takes this premise seriously, treating the landscape not as scenery but as an ongoing infrastructure project — one shaped by geology, climate, and centuries of calculated land management. The book moves from the physical composition of the land through its historical development to contemporary landscape design and planning, giving readers a complete structural understanding of how this terrain came to be and how it is maintained. Essential reading for landscape architects, urban planners, and geographers with an interest in low-lying delta territories.
Key Features
- 336 pages covering geological, historical, and contemporary landscape development
- Authors: Alexandra Tisma and Han Lörzing
- Published by nai101
What You'll Discover
- How the Netherlands functions as a constructed landscape requiring perpetual maintenance — and what happens when that maintenance lapses
- The geological foundations of each Dutch landscape type, from coastal dune systems to inland peat clearings and reclaimed polders
- The relationship between climate, water management, and the historical formation of habitable land in a below-sea-level territory
- Modern developments in the Dutch landscape and how contemporary pressures are reshaping land that was never stable to begin with
About the Author
Alexandra Tisma and Han Lörzing are the co-authors of this survey. [Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- Dimensions: 170 x 240 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789462087897
- Publisher: nai101
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Landscape architects, urban planners, geography students, and designers working with water-sensitive or low-lying terrain who need a comprehensive grounding in Dutch landscape typology and history.