3.9 - Netherlands Coast Flashcards by Rahjun Sandhu | Brainscape

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Netherlands

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Very low lying - 26% below SL
8mm annual subsidence
High frequency of depressions and high tides
Vulnerable population and funnel shaped coastline

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Deltawerks

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A series of construction projects to protect the coastline from innudation by SLR.

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Polders

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Reclaimed areas of land, by flooding areas of land and draining them into rrivers, through this they’ve reclaimed 940,000 hectares of land. However, this has cost them 1 billion dollars to date so is it still sustainable.

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Polders

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Reclaimed areas of land, by flooding areas of land and draining them into rrivers, through this they’ve reclaimed 940,000 hectares of land. However, this has cost them 1 billion dollars to date so is it still sustainable.

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Netherlands Economic Impacts

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House prices have fallen, GDP growth has fallen to 2% and a very dense population of 17.4 million.

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