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@hans1671102377 · 04 Dec 2022

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Ode to Rievierenland in Panorama Rievierenland

Too dry here and too wet there: an ode to the Rivierenland. Photo book In 'Panorama Rivierenland', photographer Flip Franssen takes us into his archive. The book is primarily an ode to the river country: a landscape that is constantly moving, but in which time also seems to stand still in some places.

If floods in the Rhine, Meuse, Waal and IJssel were a more or less familiar phenomenon in earlier centuries, water levels rose so high from the nineties of the last century that even large-scale evacuations were considered necessary and water management measures followed. First, dikes were raised, and then the water got more space. Increasing the capacity of the rivers, in the 23 billion national Space for the River programme, is considered a success; not only did it better combat high water, it also beautified the surrounding landscape in many places. Today, the river landscape is not only struggling with floods, but also with persistent periods of drought.

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