Familiarising the unknown: How to interact with a changing water environment and (re)embrace its natural power

• Main Author: Gwardiak, Aleksandra (author)
• Other Authors: Milani, Stefano (mentor), Marzot, Nicola (graduation committee), Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: North Sea; Water level; Power; transitional territories; Landscape; Tidal Power Plant; Renewable Energy; Shetland Islands; Vikings; Water Lever Rise; Coastal Engineering; nature; Human power; history; Lever; Norwegian Sea
• Online Access: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:98adef5d-d0e4-48ce-bc12-51364d9d7d2d

The story about the relationship of human with water has been always linked with the fear of the hidden, natural power of water. By identifying the historical position of the North Sea, it is confirmed that the sea has been perceived as “the edge of the world” in its past. The sea and its cold north...