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Yet Another Wayward Archipelago – the Wadden Sea
The peoples of islands and archipelagos do not let others dictate how to live their lives. One of those archipelagos that meets these...
Hans Faber
Apr 5, 202145 min read


Out of Averting the Inevitable an Unruly Community Was Born
On March 25, 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was climbing towards its second peak. There was uncertainty about how destructive the...
Hans Faber
Mar 25, 202036 min read


Hero of Haarlem, or dragon in disguise? Rethinking sea-level rise strategies
It was a Yankee by the name of Mary Mapes Dodge who wrote ‘Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland’. The book was...
Hans Faber
Mar 10, 201914 min read


Burn Beacons Burn. A Coastal Inferno - Nordfriesland
Nordfriesland or North Frisia. The western coast and islands of the region of Schleswig. Stretching from the Danish town Tønder in the...
Hans Faber
Oct 14, 201813 min read


Bil. A wasteland of non-integrated migrants?
This is the story of the reclamation of the former Middelzee in the Netherlands. The Middelzee was a shallow inland sea that used to cut...
Hans Faber
May 13, 201810 min read

Refuge on a terp 2.0. Waiting to be liberated
pumping station Lely by Joh. H. van Mastenbroek August 21, 1930, Wieringermeer in the province of Noord Holland. The reclamation of just...
Hans Faber
Mar 31, 20186 min read


The Mother of all Dykes
Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to get down and dirty. Nope, this article is not about lesbians . This dyke is not made of flesh and...
Frans Riemersma
Apr 29, 20173 min read
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