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veen  ·  2708 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 23, 2016

It's not an easy one to guess but you're closer than mk: it's subsidence sensitivity. The level of subsidence is dependent on the type and thickness of the soil, which in most of the Amsterdam area is very subsidence-prone layer of peat (which is veen in Dutch).

Essentially, the Netherlands not only has to deal with rising sea levels but also sinking land that is already below sea level. Whohoo.