ASCE 9780784408292 2006
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| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| ASCE | 2006 | 168 |
Robert Hoeksema explores Holland’s unique challenges in water control and management across the centuries and highlights related landmarks of interest to engineers.
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| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 6 | Contents |
| 10 | Preface |
| 12 | Acknowledgments |
| 14 | Chapter 1 Land Reclamation and Flood Protection in the Netherlands—An Historical Overview |
| 15 | The Dutch Landscape—Geography, Geology, and Climate |
| 20 | Early Settlements through the Roman Period |
| 21 | Middle Ages |
| 31 | National Independence and the Golden Age |
| 34 | Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries |
| 35 | Twentieth Century |
| 38 | Chapter 2 Dwelling Mounds—An Escape from the Floods Description of the Wadden Region around 500 BCE |
| 39 | Early Settlement in the North |
| 40 | Growth of Dwelling Mounds Dwelling Mound Construction and Location |
| 43 | Loss of the Dwelling Mounds Archaeological Explorations in Ezinge |
| 46 | Places to Visit: Hogebeintum | Museum Wierdenland |
| 47 | Chapter 3 Draining Noord-Holland Lakes Loss of Land through 1600 |
| 48 | Early Attempts at Lake Drainage |
| 50 | Stevin and Leeghwater Windmills Used for Draining Lakes |
| 57 | Seventeenth Century Projects |
| 60 | Places to Visit: Windmill Museum Schermerhorn | Kinderdijk |
| 61 | Chapter 4 Draining the Haarlemmermeer Growth and Expansion of the Haarlemmermeer |
| 63 | Development of Steam Power for Draining Lakes |
| 69 | Draining the Haarlemmermeer |
| 72 | Settlements in the Drained Lake |
| 73 | The Haarlemmermeer Today |
| 74 | Places to Visit: Cruquius Museum | Steam Pumping Plant Halfweg | Historical Museum Haarlemmermeer |
| 75 | Chapter 5 Reclamation of the Zuiderzee Historical Development of the Zuiderzee Reclamation Plan |
| 78 | Sequence of Activities Construction of the Barrier Dam |
| 82 | Polder Construction and Land Conditioning |
| 84 | Construction of the Wieringermeer Polder |
| 85 | Construction of the Noordoost Polder |
| 86 | The Flevoland Polders |
| 87 | Flevoland—Adapting to the Needs of Society |
| 90 | Water Control Managing New Threats—Inflatable Dam at Ramspol |
| 93 | Places to Visit: Zuiderzee Museum | New Land Heritage Center | Oostvaardersplassen Nature Reserve | Schokland | Storm Barrier at Ramspol | Barrier Dam |
| 95 | Chapter 6 The Rivers Early Modifications along the Rhine and Maas |
| 99 | Developments in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries |
| 100 | River Modifications of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries |
| 102 | Consolidation of the Land between the Rivers |
| 103 | Room for the Rivers—Planning for the Future |
| 105 | Places to Visit: Kinderdijk | Visor Weirs on the Lower Rhine |
| 106 | Chapter 7 Sea Defenses and Coastal Reclamation Protecting the Coast—Dunes and Sea Walls |
| 112 | Coastal Land Reclamation |
| 115 | Places to Visit: Hondsbosse Zeewering | Zwarte Haan | Maasvlakte |
| 116 | Chapter 8 The Delta Project The Southwest before 1953 |
| 118 | Changes to the Delta prior to the 1953 Flood Disaster |
| 119 | The 1953 Flood |
| 120 | Repairing the Dikes |
| 121 | The Delta Plan Overview |
| 123 | Construction of the Hollandse IJssel Barrier Zandkreek and Veerse Gat |
| 125 | Construction of the Grevelingen Dam Construction of Haringvliet Dam and Sluice |
| 127 | The Brouwers Dam |
| 128 | The Oosterschelde Barrier |
| 131 | The Maeslant Barrier |
| 133 | New Plans for the Haringvliet |
| 135 | Places to Visit: Maeslant Storm Surge Barrier (or Maeslantkering) | Haringvliet Discharge Sluices | Waterland Neeltje Jans | Hollandse IJssel Storm Surge Barrier |
| 136 | Chapter 9 Water Management Organization History of the Dutch Water Boards |
| 138 | Rijkswaterstaat |
| 139 | Water Management Policy and Institutions |
| 142 | Chapter 10 Excursions to Flood Protection and Land Reclamation Sites |
| 143 | Frisian Coast and Dwelling Mounds |
| 144 | Noord-Holland Drained Lakes |
| 145 | Haarlemmermeer |
| 146 | Zuiderzee Reclamation |
| 147 | Delta Works |
| 148 | Rivers |
| 150 | Glossary of Dutch Words and Phrases |
| 152 | Glossary of Dutch Place Names A |
| 153 | B C D |
| 154 | E F G |
| 155 | H I |
| 156 | K L |
| 157 | M N |
| 158 | O P |
| 159 | R S |
| 160 | T U V W |
| 161 | Z |
| 162 | References |
| 164 | Index A B C D |
| 165 | E F G H I J |
| 166 | K L M N O P |
| 167 | R S T U V |
| 168 | W Z |
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