Windmills generate electricity adjacent to the dike in the Dutch province of Flevoland
Floating homes in the Ijburg section of Amsterdam
Village and vacation homes are strung along the southwest side of the Ijselmeer inland sea just north of Amsterdam
Wijdmeren, a former peat bog, was harvested to the point that it became a lake separated by long peninsulas
To drain the fields of Kinderdijk that lie below sealevel near Rotterdam, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740
After repeated floodings, the island of Tiengemeten in the Rhine Delta has been allowed to flood permanently
St. Petersburg harbor, which has a flood-barrier complex to protect the harbor and city from flooding
The centerpiece of the St. Petersburg flood barrier is this rotating gate which can close in cases of extremely high water levels
Thousands of Hurricane Sandy storm-damaged cars line the runway of the old Calverton military airfield on Eastern Long Island
Barges in Virginia beach pump sediment from Chesapeake Bay and transfer it to the shore where it is spread out by bulldozers
The Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lake Borgne Surge Barrier near New Orleans
Highway and rail lines go through closeable flood gates in the Caernarvon area of St. Bernard Parish, New Orleans
Male, the capital of the Maldives, has over 120,000 thousand people living on an atoll of only 2 sq. kilometers, only a meter above the high water line
Male is wringed by concrete tetrapods that were a gift from the Japanese government after flooding from big waves
Islands of Ari Atoll, Maldives
Outside divers clean the glass at Ithaa Restaurant which is located underwater at the Conrad Rangali Resort, Maldives
Thomas Le Berre moving coral frames in the shallows surrounding Kuda Huraa Island on North Male Atoll
Parola Biondo side of Manila harbor is home to 20,000 squatters who live between port facilities and the mouth of the Pasig River
The river winds through downtown Manila and carries refuse that gets deposited on the shore beneath stilt houses
This parish church near Binuangan was built in 1945, and the floor has been raised three times due to rising sea levels
