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1. unseen movements of salt
the suprise you don’t want
With the rising of the sea level, there are changes occurring not only above ground level. We can see new
dikes and projects like ‘Ruimte voor de River’ to make room for the river. But there are other things changes
in our relationship with the water, because it is also influencing our soil and the quality. Subsidence and
rising sea levels makes our soil increasingly salty. This is a slowly spreading problem that has a major impact
on our Dutch landscapes.
At the moment many tests are being done about tackling these problems through different institutes but in
practice little is done about this.
For the polders the four strategies which are known used are focussed on water managment in the polder
but do not answer the question of how to respond to the salinization of the soil.
active rewetting
actieve vernatting
passive rewetting
passieve vernatting
limited drainage
beperkte drooglegging
deep waterdrainage
diepteontwatering
water perculating
water zeven
barrieres
current strategies for polders
a solution for polders which are being
affected by salinization
The smart system
By making a smart system which is combining the different
trends of salinization to make a change before valuable
economic and cultural soil bound landscapes are being
damaged. This is by projecting a lineair development infected
salinated areas.
Solution
By using salt tolerant crops and plants we can make barriers
for salinization. By introducing certain areas into the landscape
where salt tolerant crops extracting the salt from the soil.
This would mean we have to make changes in our use of the
ground by reviewing our land use policies in these areas. This
means that we change the form of agriculture in this transition
areas.