Al vaker ging de discussie over hoe de lage landen er uit zagen zonder dijken. Met de gedachte dat op sommige plaatsen geen bewoning mogelijk was.
Er is nu een serieuze instelling die hierover een conferentie gaat houden. Liefhebbers kunnen zo mee discussiëren. En wellicht worden conclusies nog gedeeld op de website.
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Ditching Dikes!
Imagining the Wadden Sea area without dikes
The Young Wadden Academy (as part of the Waddenacademie) organizes a conference on the theme “Ditching Dikes”. We will explore the consequences and possibilities of a Wadden area without dikes. If there are no dikes, how do we protect ourselves against floods? What are implications for the geology and the ecosystem? Could such a landscape offer potential for agriculture, leisure and tourism? How would we manage and govern such landscapes? The multidisciplinary conference hosts state-of-the-art projects and research and addresses radical ideas from multiple perspectives. Bas Haring (philosopher, writer, tv-personality) will kick-off the program by providing his thought provoking views on the topic.
Interested in participating or contributing? Register free of charge at:
www.waddenacademie.nl/nl/ditch-the-dikes (Dutch) or
ww.waddenacademie.nl/en/ditch-the-dikes-registration (English)
Please contact
events@ywa.nl for any questions.
The conference will be followed by an excursion on the 23rd of June.
Save the date, more details will follow soon!