Re:The Dutch Have Solutions to Rising Seas
by pchristensen on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:04AM
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I don't know about the Netherlands specifically, but in general the amount of land area devoted to public spaces is very small, albeit intensely developed, compared to residential land, which is vast and less intensely developed.
Re:The Dutch Have Solutions to Rising Seas
by hibbelig on Monday August 07, 2017 @03:59PM
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I think residences in the US and residences in Europe are quite different, and especially the Netherlands are quite densely populated. I would say that the area that's used in the US to have a driveway would work quite well in the Netherlands to have a big garden (yard).
Re:The Dutch Have Solutions to Rising Seas
by cr1895 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:47AM
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Yeah it is quite different in the NL. Private space is much more limited compared to public space. Cities are dense, peoples' private gardens are small if they exist at all, public spaces are abundant. This isn't the land of sprawling residential space.
I'm wondering what the ratio of tiled-over private gardens is to tiled-over public spaces (sidewalks, streets, etc.) which are omnipresent in the NL. I'd guess that the poor drainage relating to the public spaces is much greater than the poor drainage due to private tiled gardens.