April 2005
The Netherlands
A country that engineered itself into existence is tapping into its centuries-old expertise in handling water.
By Erwin van den Brink
December's deadly tsunami in the Indian Ocean drove home how vulnerable low coastal areas are to the forces of nature. In the Netherlands, which carved itself out of the ocean centuries ago—and a quarter of whose land mass is below sea level, while two-thirds is vulnerable to flooding—the mastery of coastal waters remains the object of much technological innovation.
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