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2005 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Reclamation

Author : P. P. Wong

Published in: Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Although normally associated with the rehabilitation of land, reclamation in the coastal context refers to the exclusion of marine or estuarine water from formerly submerged land. The basic idea of reclamation is to win land from the sea, to displace water and to create new land (Plant et al., 1998, p. 563). The resulting land surface normally extends from the existing coastline and should be well above the level reached by the sea. Reclamation differs from the building up of shallow offshore grounds to form artificial islands (q.v.) (Kondo, 1995). It also differs from polders (q.v.) (CUR, 1993, p. 230, 244) in which the level of land subject to seasonal or permanent high water level is protected by dikes, and flood control and water management are important aspects. …

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Metadata
Title
Reclamation
Author
P. P. Wong
Copyright Year
2005
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-1903-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4020-3880-8

Copyright Year: 2005

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3880-1_254