Land reclamation in the Netherlands has a long history. As early as in the 14th century, the first reclaimed land had been settled. Much of the modern...

project was the Beemster Polder in the Netherlands, adding 70 square kilometres (27 sq mi) of land in 1612. In Hong Kong, the Praya Reclamation Scheme added...

Land reclamation is done in Monaco through a policy of building land in the sea with concrete blocks because land is very scarce, as the country is comparatively...

Major land reclamation in the United Arab Emirates, though a relatively recent phenomenon, has significantly changed the geography of some parts of the country...

The reclamation of land from surrounding waters is used in Singapore to expand the city-state's limited area of usable, natural land. Land reclamation...

Freshwater Seawater Land reclamation Old land The Zuiderzee Works (Dutch: Zuiderzeewerken) is a system of dams and dikes, land reclamation and water drainage...

Land reclamation Old land The pilot Polder Andijk, or Test Polder Andijk, Proefpolder Andijk in Dutch, is a polder established in 1926 - 1927 in the Zuiderzee...

like Queen of the Netherlands was also lengthened for land reclamation projects in the Far East. The ship has caused controversy in Australia, sparking...

The Netherlands Ven, G.P. van de (ed.) 1993, 4th ed. 2004. Man-made Lowlands. History of Water Management and Land Reclamation in the Netherlands, Matrijs...

and land reclamation in the Netherlands. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Matrijs. Wells, Samuel A. (1830). A History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens...

seawall along the coast, building a water reservoir, and the reclamation of land. Construction of an 8 km part of the sea wall along the coast was officially...

Hollanders did not stop there. Starting around the 16th century, they took the offensive and began land reclamation projects, converting lakes, marshy areas...

are the result of land reclamation that began in the 14th century. In the Republican period, which began in 1588, the Netherlands entered a unique era...

The history of the Netherlands extends back before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon. For thousands...

The Flevopolder is an island polder forming the bulk of Flevoland, a province of the Netherlands. Created by land reclamation, its northeastern part was...

resulting in much loss of life. They were often caused by ice dams blocking the river. Land reclamation works, large willow plantations and building in the winter...

(1993). Man-made Lowlands: History of Water Management and Land Reclamation in the Netherlands. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Matrijs. p. 196. ISBN 978-9-05345-030-7...

increase in civil infrastructure projects and land reclamation, including the Zuiderzee Works. That resulted in the final draining of seawater from the Wieringermeer...

would have resulted in the near-total reclamation of the Markermeer. Cornelis Lely's plan projected a polder in the south-west of the Zuiderzee, originally...

of the International Course on Land Drainage (ICLD), International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement (ILRI), Wageningen, The Netherlands. On...

specializes in dredging, land reclamation and constructing man made islands. Royal Van Oord has undertaken many projects throughout the world, including land reclamation...

Robert Smithson Comes on View in the Netherlands". Surface. Retrieved 7 September 2021. Robert Smithson: Land Reclamation and the Sublime, Thomas Dreher Broken...

below). In modern times, artificial islands are usually formed by land reclamation, but some are formed by flooding of valleys resulting in the tops of...

and peat), land reclamation from the sea, and agricultural revolution, helped the Dutch economy achieve the highest standard of living in Europe (and...

municipality and the capital city of the province of Flevoland in the central Netherlands. The city, built on reclaimed land, was founded in 1967 and was...

from "Hachirogata" the former largest lagoon in Japan, Ōgata is Japan's largest land reclamation. Dronten, Flevoland, Netherlands (friendship city) "Ōgata...

 'Dam in the Amstel') is the capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper...

Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal (translation: The Drowned Land of Reimerswaal) is an area of flood-covered land in Zeeland in the Netherlands between Noord...

J. Oosterbaan, International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement, Wageningen, The Netherlands. "Improvement of waterlogged and saline soils...

July 2023. Hoeksema, R.J. (2007). "Three stages in the history of land reclamation in the Netherlands". Irrigation and Drainage. 56 (S1): S113 – S126...