Author

Contributions

  • Heuvel, Maartje van den - Contributor
  • Kunsthal Rotterdam - Contributor
  • Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden - Contributor

Publication

2012 - Distributed in North America by ARTBOOK/D.A.P., Rotterdam [Netherlands, Netherlands

Language

English

Word Count

74,000 words, Guess

Page Count

296 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-109056628488
  • ISBN-139789056628482
  • Library of Congress Control Number2012466163
  • OCLC Control Number768569718
  • Better World Books9789056628482
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC712
  • LCCHD1697.N4 M48 2012
  • LCCTC77.M47 2012
and 2 more
  • LCCTC77 .M47 2012
  • LCCTD277.A1 M48 2012

Alternate Titles

  • Water and the Dutch

Description

Water management runs in the blood of the Dutch. Draining the Netherlands and keeping it dry is a process they started centuries ago and continue to this day. But will this still suffice? In the project Sweet & Salt (book and exhibition) author and journalist Tracy Metz and curator Maartje van den Heuvel demonstrate, in text and images, how the Netherlands shapes its evolving relationship with water. The sea level is rising, rivers are swelling, there is more rain, there are more storms and sometimes there's a drought. There is a growing awareness that not just dikes and dams but natural processes too play a significant role in our security. This is the greatest challenge currently facing Dutch designers. There is also increasing attention given to the aesthetics of the water landscape being designed.

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