Website:

http://oostvaarderswoldphotoproj.posterous.com OostvaardersWold
OostvaardersWold Thesis:
http://cynthialapp.posterous.com
Photographic Project
LA 5401 The Cultural Ecology of Water in the Netherlands: Documenting Polder-to-Nature Transformation
http://mlanl2010.posterous.com in Southern Flevoland, the Netherlands

2010-2019 • Phase 1 2010-2012

Cynthia Lapp
clapp@umn.edu
US 952.261.8143
NL 06 251 19450
 The Polder The Project
Emerging from the former Zuiderzee in 1968, Southern Flevoland Documening this transforma-
was the fourth and final polder created by the Zuiderzee Works. tion, the OostvaardersWold
Oostvaardersplassen
Photographic Project will pro-
Land Use Transformation vide a wealth of information
Society demands new opportunities for urbanization, recreation, for research, design and Almere

and ecological diversity. The OostvaardersWold Nature Corridor education in the Netherlands

and Almere’s “Scale Jump” will create a powerful new regional and internationally.
landscape in Southern Flevoland. Core sites are rephotographed
each year for ten years. Addi- OostvaardersWold
Nature Corridor
Global Significance tional sites and associated
These same land use transformations are happening worldwide as  topics will be documented.
Almere
we respond to climate, population and water constraints. Southern The Archive Oostvaarders

Flevoland is an exemplary site for how local, regional, national and
Photographs are georeferenced
international planning address, economic growth, ecological  Horsterwold
and digitally archived, available
resilience and access to resources. through a website for research,
education, and public use.
Historical photos courtesy of Nieuwe Land Archive and Municipality of Almere.

1926 1960s 1968 1968 2008 2008

Website:
http://oostvaarderswoldphotoproj.posterous.com OostvaardersWold
OostvaardersWold Thesis:
http://cynthialapp.posterous.com
Photographic Project
LA 5401 The Cultural Ecology of Water in the Netherlands: Documenting Polder-to-Nature Transformation
http://mlanl2010.posterous.com in Southern Flevoland, the Netherlands

2010-2019 • Phase 1 2010-2012

Cynthia Lapp
clapp@umn.edu
US 952.261.8143
NL 06 251 19450