And that was brought into force to try and deal with the mountain of stuff that is just being made and then living for a while in our homes and then going to landfill.

Seismic hazards may be significantly greater on reclaimed wetlands and on landfills than in other areas of an urban centre.

The projects and programmes conducted in the area of the rehabilitation of degraded land do not always include appropriate mechanisms for evaluating the impact of the activities involved or for determining the area of land rehabilitated, for which figures are given in less than a quarter of the reports.

As the centuries went by, they eventually constructed an extensive dike system that covered the coastline and the polders, thus protecting the land from further incursions by the sea.

The polder model is a term with uncertain origin that was first used to describe the acclaimed Dutch version of consensus based economic and social policy making, specifically in the 1980s and 1990s.

It consists of the city centre's historic harbor area, including Delfshaven the Maashaven Rijnhaven Feijenoord complex the harbours around Nieuw Mathenesse Waalhaven Vondelingenplaat Eemhaven Botlek Europoort, situated along the Calandkanaal, Nieuwe Waterweg and Scheur (the latter two being continuations of the Nieuwe Maas) and the reclaimed Maasvlakte area, which projects into the North Sea.