Saving Holland

摘要

Tlowest point in western Europe is 6.74 metersrnbelow sea level and falling. It lies in a boggy arearnof decomposing peat outside the cheese meccarnof Gouda, the Netherlands, and is identified byrna seven-meter marker plunked into a brackish pool at thernentrance to the Van Vliet truck dealership. (The dealership'srnowner erected the marker, taking a little license with thernfacts; the actual low spot is a few hundred meters away.) ThernFodor's travel guide does not mention this corner of Holland,rnbut it's a focal point for the question of how to plan for thernrisks and realities of climate change.