Post on 03-Jan-2016
Polders: Land from the Sea
• 40% polders
• Seaworks– Dikes
– Terpen
• Windmillselectric motors
• Transforming the sea– Zuider ZeeIjsselmeer
• Why do you think they could do this in 1667?
Waterways for Commerce
• Venice• Shelter to Major Port• Built on pilings
– Deforestation
– That sinking feeling…
• Rising water, sinking land
• Structural damage
• Increased seawater in lagoon
• Damage to artwork and buildings
• Agricultural run-off causes algae
• Die-off stinks
A Century’s old Problem: Deforestation
• Why deforestation?– Field clearing– Wood for fuel– Building material for ships
and houses– Charcoal for the Industrial
Revolution
• Acid rain further damaging forests
• Why would restoring a forest be a slow process?
8. What are some of the problems faced by the people of Venice?
a. Oh, Culver City is way cooler
b. The land is sinking
c. The sea is rising
d. all of the above