Add to ORKGIt can be argued that the productive use of the agricultural landscape acquired a planned and technological character by means of a conscious government policy based on the idea of a society that could be constructed. Both literally and figuratively, it served as the basis for the advancement of Dutch society. This book deals in depth with the way in which these radical physical and social changes took place, the political constellations and the economic conditions that governed them, the actors, resources and social forces that played a role, and the spatial, scenic and social consequences that followed. ... Zie: Summar