Jianghan Plain is an important grain-producing area in China, and the transformation of the
natural environment by the long-term polder activities of the people in this area has created …

This paper aims to compare the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt Delta in Europe and the Taihu Basin
part of the Yangtze River Delta in China from a long-term historical perspective. Urbanized …

Delta Urbanism is a major new initiative that explores the growth, development, and
management of deltaic cities and regions, with the aim of balancing various goals in a …

Planning and design approaches in urbanized deltas are in a process of fundamental
reconsideration. For a new approach, it is fruitful to consider the urbanized delta area as a …

Urbanized deltas can be considered as areas with a double complexity: they have to deal
with the complexity of the delta, as the meeting of rivers and sea, and with the complexity of …

The existing water management in Dutch polders is based on independent water systems
for each polder. These are featuring artificial stabilized ground and surface water levels. As …

Water introduces both opportunities and risks to urban areas. Society is faced with the
challenge of finding solutions to complex and interrelated problems such as living safely in …

Metropolitan deltas have much in common because of similar urban water management
conditions. This paper will introduce the interaction of urban development and water …

Water control is essential to Japan, as more than half of its invested capital is concentrated
in elevations under sea level and the majority of the island nation is exceptionally vulnerable …

The Caribbean imagination as framed within a Dutch historical setting has deep Portuguese-
African roots. The Seven Provinces were the first European power, in the first half of the 17th …