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Resilience measure: Polder

Polder (Enhancing the applicability of the polder concept, by Eelco van der Pal)
Source: http://www.citg.tudelft.nl/en/about-faculty/departments/watermanagement/sections/water-resources/leerstoelen/wrm/research/all-projects/msc-research/completed-msc-theses/000-pal-e-van-der/enhancing-the-applicability-of-the-polder-concept/

The Achthoven Polder in the municipality of Leiderdorp (a few km east of Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Netherlands,_Leiderdorp,_Polder_Achthoven_(1).jpg

The Polder Cup a art project/football tournament that had pitches intersected with canals in the Netherlands
Source: http://kicktv.tumblr.com/post/97061081118/the-polder-cup-a-art-projectfootball-tournament

definition

A polder is a low-lying tract of land enclosed by embankments (barriers) known as dikes that forms an artificial hydrological entity, meaning it has no connection with outside water other than through manually operated devices. During flood events those low lying areas are filled with water
(Quizlet, Dikes and polders, accessed on Sept. 2016).

Co-benefits and impacts

Temporary storage of water and detention.

Resilience measure: Polder

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