Agricultural

Prior to its development as an important trading zone for the British Empire, the island of Singapore was occupied by Malay fishermen and the indigenous...Read more

Formerly large tidal flats populated by fishermen, Jeongwang Dong was reclaimed as an extension of Siheung City with segregated residential and commercial-industrial districts. Several years...Read more

Founded in 1718, “La Nouvelle-Orleans” was established by the French along the fertile banks of the Mississippi River. Here, sedimentation from the Mississippi created natural...Read more

In the early 1900s, it was decided that the Netherlands’ central water body, the Zuiderzee, would be reclaimed out of growing needs for flood protection...Read more

The Netherlands has a long and well documented history of land reclamation projects dating back to the Middle Ages. Farmers in the 11th century settled...Read more

The Netherlands has a long and well documented history of land reclamation projects dating back to the Middle Ages. Farmers in the 11th century settled...Read more

During the 16th and 17th centuries, Amsterdam emerged as a major centre of international trade and the seat of a pow- erful new merchant class...Read more

Steep slopes and limited developable land within its territori- al geography have historically driven the extension of Hong Kong’s shoreline. Land reclamation projects can be...Read more