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Watermills and watermill landscapes in the Netherlands
Watermills and watermill landscapes are still present in the east and south of the Netherlands. In fact, they often coincide with Natura 2000 areas. So, these are actually ‘Cultura 2000 areas’. Solid studies of the use of stream valleys over the centuries provide knowledge and skills that can be reused. By looking integrally at the coherence of cultural history, water, soil and geomorphology in the landscape, numerous possibilities present themselves to tackle and solve problems caused by climate change, intensification of agriculture and large-scale paving of the subsurface in appropriate ways.