The Dutch and their Delta

Vossestein, J: 2011 The Hague, hardcover, 296 pages, illustrated. The book explains how the Netherlands transformed a vulnerable river delta into a safe, livable landscape through centuries of dike building, polder reclamation, and innovative water management, combining accessible text with extensive photography to show the country’s geography, engineering works, and cultural life shaped by living below sea level. It serves as a broad, visually rich introduction that moves from common questions about life below sea level to regional portraits of Holland, the Wadden Sea, North Holland, the Zuiderzee/IJsselmeer and the Delta Works, illustrating how the Dutch continually adapt to floods, rivers, and the sea. ISBN 9789055947881 In very good condition