Dutch Dikes fully mapped out
> Book: Dutch Dikes
In December 2014 the book Dutch Dikes was published by nai010 publishers. Click here for more information. This book is also available in Dutch: Dijken van Nederland.
> E-book: Dutch Dikes
The book is also available in digital version, as an interactive pdf. Click here for more information.
> Online map: top10 most remarkable Dutch dikes
With the interactive online map dike you can discover the top 10 most remarkable dikes. Visit the map via http://dutchdikes.net/map
This map shows the best stories in an interactive StoryMap with ArcGIS-technology by Esri Nederland.
> Awards
The Dutch edition Dijken van Nederland was awarded Best Dutch Book Design 2014 and received an honourable mention of the Gouden Tulp 2015. The English edition Dutch Dikes was awarded Wood Pencil by the D & AD Awards 2015.
> Events
Water History Conference 2015
24-26 June 2015 | Delft, the Netherlands
Dag van de Bouw
13 June 2015
Dag van de dijk
22 september 2015
Esri GIS Conferentie
23 en 24 september 2015
The Amsterdam International Water Week (AIWW)
2-6 november 2015
Nationaal deltacongres 2015
November 2015
More information coming soon
Slotbijeenkomst Jaar van de Ruimte
15 December 2015
> About the authors
Eric-Jan Pleijster and Cees van der Veeken both graduated cum laude and founded LOLA Landscape Architects in 2006. Eric-Jan Pleijster wrote the text for Dutch Dikes and coordinated the book's research and production. Cees van der Veeken has been involved with dikes since LOLA's inception. Together with LOLA, he created the Dijkenatlas van eiland IJsselmonde (Dike atlas of IJsselmonde island) in 2010.
LOLA Landscape Architects focuses on progressive landschape architecture. LOLA has won several design awards, including the Delta Water Award 2009, the Rotterdam Maaskant Prize for Young Architects and the TOPOS Landscape Award in 2014. Their book Lost Landscapes (nai010 publishers) won the DAM Architectural Book Award 2014.
> About the expert partners
Deltares is an independent institute for applied research in the fields of water, subsurfaces and infrastructure.
In the High Water Protection Programme the government and water boards work together closely within the framework of the Delta Programme to protect the Netherlands against flooding.
www.hoogwaterbeschermingsprogramma.nl
The Cultural Heritage Agency is part of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and is responsible for protecting and sustainably managing the cultural heritage that is of national significance.
http://www.culturalheritageagency.nl/