Resumen

CONTRERAS, Carolina. Low Countries, Reversible Territory. ARQ (Santiago) [online]. 2009, n.72, pp. 78-81. ISSN 0717-6996.  doi: 10.4067/S0717-69962009000200015.

The Low Countries’ experience with control of land and water is extensive. Its inhabitants possess comprehensive knowledge of its characteristics, dynamically interacting with their habitat. However, environmental and economic needs have required the review and even the reversal of this complex hydraulic system.

Palabras clave : Urbanism-Low Countries; floodable land; hydraulic resources; water control.