Dutch Water Defence Lines cultural landscape (broad context)

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UNESCO World Heritage property cultural landscape

The Dutch Water Defence Lines cultural landscape is a UNESCO-recognized system of historic water-based fortifications in the Netherlands, where dikes, polders, windmills, and sluices were engineered to flood low-lying land as a strategic military defense.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage property ⓘ cultural landscape ⓘ
associatedWith	Dutch military history ⓘ Dutch water management tradition ⓘ
contains	bicycle routes ⓘ visitor centres ⓘ walking trails ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
currentUse	nature conservation area ⓘ recreation area ⓘ tourism destination ⓘ
defencePrinciple	combination of water and fortifications ⓘ controlled flooding of low-lying land ⓘ creation of shallow inundation zones ⓘ
designedToProtect	Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ Randstad NERFINISHED ⓘ Utrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Defence Line of Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ New Dutch Waterline NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageValue	illustration of Dutch mastery of hydraulic engineering ⓘ outstanding example of military engineering adapted to water management ⓘ
inscriptionYear	2021 ⓘ
locatedIn	Gelderland province NERFINISHED ⓘ North Holland province NERFINISHED ⓘ South Holland province NERFINISHED ⓘ Utrecht province NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainFunction	military defence system ⓘ
managementPlan	integrated cultural landscape management ⓘ
notableFeature	batteries ⓘ canals ⓘ dikes ⓘ forts ⓘ inundation fields ⓘ locks ⓘ polders ⓘ sluices ⓘ water-based defence ⓘ windmills ⓘ
periodOfSignificance	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
threat	climate change impacts on water regime ⓘ infrastructure expansion ⓘ urban development pressure ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria	(ii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (v) ⓘ

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