The Oosterschelde Estuary: A Case Study of a Changing Ecosystem

ISBN-13: 9780792328179 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 624 str.

P. H. Nienhuis; A. C. Smaal; P. H. Nienhuis

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The Oosterschelde Estuary is one of the estuaries in the Netherlands which remained after the Delta scheme was completed in 1986. In the Seventies, the Oosterschelde became a national symbol of the change in political thinking and decision-making about the values of our natural environment. As a result of political decision, a storm-surge barrier was built in the mouth of the estuary, as a compromise between safety for the human population and nature conservation.