what did the netherland do in the past to create more land now
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/world/europe/07iht-journal.1.17618884.html?_r=0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reclamation
http://dirt.asla.org/2010/09/10/the-netherlands-changing-relationship-with-water/