Netherland Geography

Due to this the government informs their citizens and together they are constantly working on new ways to improve their current inventions as well as developing new methods to help them adapt to the rising sea levels which cause their land to flood. The American government and the Dutch government view the same problem but yet take different approaches, the Dutch are willing to invest all they have and put in a vast amount of manual labor to save their land and combat this predicament. Where’s as the United States government passes on the problem to localized governments allowing them to choose whether or not they want to take up this issue.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, The Dutch East India company left a lasting impact on the world, which greatly changed the course of history and even affected the world we live in today. The Dutch East India Company (VOC; Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie), was a global trading company established by the Netherlands in 1602 (Anderson, James 204). The VOC greatly changed the regions they ventured to because it impacted their economies, political background, and culture. One significant impact the VOC had was that they allowed people to buy shares in their company, also known as stocks. Their introduction of stocks to the world

Along this journey created by nature, the river interacts with man’s influence to encapsulate the full geographic experience of this region. The succession of dams along the river’s path is a major contribution to how man has decided to mesh with the river. The dams have created reservoirs for water supplies, harnessed energy to provide electric power to the southwestern region, and controlled flooding. Flood control was the main concern at the time between the years 1905 and 1907 when large floods broke through the irrigation gates and destroyed crops in California. The flooding was so large it actually created a 450 square mile sea, named the Salton Sea. As a result of this major disaster, ideas were formulated to

A. The Dutch East India Company, formed in 1602 to protect Dutch trading interests in the Indian Ocean, succeeded for many years

In the 17th Century the Netherlands took control of the Banda Islands, successfully gaining monopoly of the spice trade. The Dutch were engaged in competition with the English and Portuguese for control of the Spice Islands, and decided to forcefully establish their control through their Dutch East Indies trading company. At this point the Portuguese presence was decreasing in the Bandas, and the British and British East India trading company were the Dutch’s primary competitors in the East Indies (Milton, 1999).

The article “Down go the dams” by Jane C.Marks aim to provide an informative view on the current pending issue on Dams. The article starts out my mentioning the important nature of dams in our society. For example, Jane C.Marks states that today about 800,000 dams operate worldwide as well as the fact that most were built in the past century, primarily after World War II. Furthermore, the author lays down informative facts about dams such as the fact that dams control flooding and their reservoirs provide a reliable supply of water for irrigation, drinking and recreation which are all very important to society. In an economic standpoint, although it is very high maintenance dams provide jobs for people. The

In 1614 the Dutch established Fort Orange with the goal of creating a fur trade with the Indians. Very small Fort Orange could be easily seized by French enemies and the Dutch saw that establishing a large settlement would be the best way to protect the fur trade. In 1625 the Dutch created the town of New Amsterdam. This town led to the creation of more agricultural settlements creating New Netherlands. Unlike English and Spanish colonists the Dutch had come for economic purposes with no intention of any missionary effort. This helped relations between the Dutch and Indians and thus helping their trade efforts. The Dutch made great efforts to avoid conflict which sadly ended as a governor requested payment from Algonquian Indians which led to two colonists being murdered creating high tensions between New Netherlands and the Indians. As Kieft murdered eighty Indians many other river tribes were outraged and unleashed attacks on the settlements around New Amsterdam. To deal with this the Dutch hired Captain John Hill who with merciless tactics defeated the Algonquians and severely reduced their

Repeated events, highlighted by the flood of 1993 and the fallout of Katrina, continues to illustrate the US Army Corps of Engineers’ failure in strengthening flood control up and down the Mississippi, including the redesign and upgrading levees. America is a product of this constant struggle in dominating nature using science and reason.

As it stands today the U.S. coast of the Gulf of Mexico is losing more and more land; the amount of land lost each year may seem relatively small to the average person, but to scientists who understand the unprecedented rate at which this is happening, there is reason to be alarmed. On the U.S. coast of the Gulf of Mexico there are more reasons for the rising sea level than simply global warming and melting ice sheets or ice caps. In the Mississippi delta, for example, the oil industry is taking so much fluid (oil) out of the ground that the land is sinking and compacting further. There is also a decrease in the amount of sediment reaching the delta due to many man-made structures, such as levees, drudging, dikes, and

Beginning in the 16th century, the Atlantic world had a profound effect throughout the world bringing unimaginable wealth to countries who took risks seeking for reward. England being a large competitor had made its mark through the establishment of colonies on the east coast of the North America and the West Indies, these colonies served as military outposts and more importantly means of extracting raw materials from untouched lands. These colonies did not come easily they faced massive obstacles unknown to the English, disease, drought, and harsh winters. By the middle of the 18th century the Chesapeake colony (Virginia and Maryland) matured into a venture of unheard of profits.

Direct state intervention was the next thing that happened because of the colonial enterprise. The Dutch sellers and fisherman helped add to the exploration that happened in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Imagine saying goodbye to friends, family, and your home town to take a treacherous journey through thousands of miles of ocean in a small wooden boat. Your endpoint, a outlandish and often unfriendly land. Yet, in the 1600s, thousands of English, Dutch, Spanish, and French men and women did just that because of religious oppression, paucity of money, or a hope that a superior life is awaiting them across the Atlantic Ocean.

At first, the company interacted with the local Indian tribe peacefully. The Dutch West India Company bought New Amsterdam (modern-day New York) from the Indians for a low cost. New Amsterdam was a good city for trading and did not practice religious tolerance. The Dutch West India Company infuriated the Indians due to the way they ran their establishment. As a result, the Indians constantly attacked and killed the Dutch as an act of vengeance. This led to the construction of defense walls to keep the Dutch safe from future attacks. Similarly, French relations in New France started well, but quickly took a turn for the

The site chosen for this report is the Moolap Waterfront and its hinterland. It is located 5km East of the City Centre of Geelong, South -west of Melbourne, Victoria. The site is generally flat topography with a significant coastal frontage and it’s considered to be a flood prone area.(This should go up)

The founding of the New World fascinated many Europeans because of the possibilities of the economic, political, and social growth. Europeans packed their belongings and boarded the boat to new beginnings. Arriving in the Americas was not what they had expected. Already pre-occupied in the land, were the Native Americans. The Native Americans refused the Europeans colonization in the America’s, but not all colonies in the Europe just wanted to colonize with the Natives. The intentions of the Europeans colonies were all different, as the Dutch solely came for business transactions. The Dutch business transactions resulted in the change of economic, political, and social movements, changing the lives of the Native’s.