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National Spatial Planningin The Netherlands:
New Directions
47th ISOCARP Congress, Wuhan, China, 2011Arjen J. van der Burg,
Ministry of Infrastructure and The Environment, The Hague
Overview1. Introduction: country and history
2. Why new policies?
3. 2011: National Policy Strategy for Infrastructure and Spatial Planning
4. Conclusion: planning reverts to basics
(1) The Netherlands in NW Europe
Randstad North Wing – Amsterdam-Utrecht region
Randstad South Wing – Rotterdam-The Hague region
Germany, Ruhrgebiet
Belgium, Vlaanderen
Eindhoven region
A planning history of 70 years
1960 2010
Randstad + Green Heart Urban renewal Mainports: Port of Rotterdam + Schiphol Airport
Planning history
• National Spatial Planning driven by post-war expansion and renewal (housing, industry, infrastructure, nature, agriculture)• Urban expansion lost momentum in most regions• National spatial planning has to offer its expertise to other land uses
New Town Houten Vinex covenants
(2) Why new policies?1. Economic crisis and budget cuts2. New political priorities3. Unpleasant realities (lessons for planners)
4. “New” land uses
National Policy Strategy Infrastructure & Spatial Planning
Ambition 2040
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Competetive, accessible, liveable & safe
“Decentralisation and simplification”
(3) National Interests1. Outstanding business
climate in urban regions2. Energy network and
transition3. Pipeline network4. Use of subsurface5. Robust rail, road and
waterway network6. Better use of existing
network capacity7. Maintenance of existing
transport networks
8. Improving environmental quality
9. Adaptation to climate change
10. Preservation of unique cultural heritage
11. Network for wildlife habitats
12. Military sites13. Careful and transparent
planning decisions
National Interest 1: Business Climate
• Better business climate in urban regions with economic top-sectors around mainports, brainport and greenports
• Support for infrastructure and development projects
National Interest 5: Robust rail, road and waterway network.
• Space and budget reserved for expansion of highways, railways and canals
• Putting users first: new multimodal Mobility Indicator
National Landscapes
National Interest 10: Preservation of unique cultural heritage
National Interest 13: Careful and transparent planning decisions
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• Radical simplification of “environmental” laws• Binding rules in a bye-law• Planning help for municipalities and provinces through state
architects, design, research facilities• Spatial information universally available digitally
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National Policy Strategy on one map
(4) “Decentralisation and simplification”
What used to be the urban policy:
• National urban networks and growth boundaries
•Urbanisation Package Deals
Former national interests
Buffer zones between major cities
The Hague – Wassenaar - Leiden
Former national interests
(5) Conclusion: National planning must revert to basics
• Reduction of national spatial planning for the occupation layer to major urban nodes in Randstad Holland
• Growing importance of subsurface and network layers creates new fields of action for national spatial planning in conjunction with national network planning