there was not much of note along the city’s coast, aside from the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf. Today that coastline is the site of some of the largest and most recognizable land reclamation projects in the world.
Environmental impact assessment on land reclamation pro- jects in the Netherlands: a case history. Engineering Geol- ogy, 1994, 37(1): 15-23.DE MULDER E F J,VAN BRUCHEM A J,CLAESSEN F A M,et al. Environmental impact assessment on land reclamation projects in the Netherlands: A case ...
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9.According to paragraph 5, which of the following was an important reason why land-reclamation projects in the first half of the seventeenth century proceeded rapidly? Windmills became powerful enough to run drainage pumps efficiently. Merchants invested large amounts of money in reclamation. ...
The additional land afforded to Singapore's cities from its reclamation projects encourages the development of these green spaces; since the initial expansion of the country, Singapore has maintained 0.8 hectares of park space per 1,000 civilians in its cities and completed construction on a network...
Many irrigation projects have failed because ofsaltaccumulations in the irrigated soils or the silting in of reservoirs and irrigation canals. It is essential, therefore, that provision fordrainageof the irrigated lands be considered in the planning of all irrigation reclamation projects and that water...
Currently, most reclamation projects encompass tens and hundreds of thousands of hectares (ha). When vast areas such as these are involved, it becomes more important to make a scientifically sound choice of reclamation measures that will not have negative effects on nature and natural resources. Fo...
Jaap Nienhuis, an expert in coastal change at Utrecht University in the Netherlands who was not involved in the research, says most reclamation projects “are going to suffer with a lot of flooding issues by the end of the century.” The issue is a lack of long-term thinking, he says. ...
If you’re a time traveller in Hong Kong, you’d better pack a lifejacket because chances are the land you’re standing on wasn’t there 100 years ago. Since its first days as a city, Hong Kong has been shaped and reshaped by land reclamation, which has been an indispen...
The deployment of sediment in land reclamation projects presents a unique set of advantages and limitations. The abundance of dredged sediment from navigational and flood control activities provides an ample supply of material for reclamation purposes, which is a sustainable practice that aligns with th...