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"'Floodscapes' tells the multifaceted story of humankind's relationship with flooding, oscillating between fight and symbiosis. Modern water engineering has turned plains and valleys into fully inhabitable environments. At the same time, they have become rigid and highly vulnerable to climate change. In ground-breaking efforts to prevent future floods, countries are rediscovering adaptation strategies: making room for flooding, redistributing risks and reconsidering the use and legal status of floodplains. Through historical investigations and through the analysis of six contemporary projects implemented in four European countries, 'Floodscapes' illustrates how flood-mitigation measures can be embedded in local space and culture. Merged with landscape development, agriculture, recreation, nature and even urban growth, river management becomes a design issue again, giving landscape architects and urban designers a prominent role in future transitions" [Back cover]

Landscape architecture --- Flood control --- Climatic changes --- Planning --- Landscape design --- Floodplain ecology --- Resilience (Ecology) --- Climat --- Inondations --- Aménagement paysager --- Écologie des plaines inondables --- Résilience (Écologie) --- Changements --- Maîtrise --- Climatic changes. --- Landscape architecture. --- 719 --- 712.24 --- Klimaatsverandering ; oplossingen --- Duurzame landschapsarchitectuur ; 21ste eeuw --- Ecologisch waterbeheer --- Steden aan het water ; steden op het water --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Flood prevention --- Flood protection --- Floods --- Prevention of floods --- Rivers --- Forest influences --- Horticultural service industry --- Landscape gardening --- Landscaping industry --- Landschaps- en tuinarchitectuur ; bescherming van de landelijke en stedelijke leefbaarheid in het algemeen --- Landschaps- en tuinarchitectuur ; cultuurlandschappen --- Environmental aspects --- Prevention --- Regulation --- Regional planning. --- Aménagement du territoire --- Architecture du paysage. --- Global environmental change --- Flood control - Europe - Planning --- Aménagement du territoire