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Towards regional development without land take the case of Flanders Sino-EU Panel on Land and Soil Seminar on land resource allocation April 15th, 2013 - Brussels

“Overview

1. Meet Flanders 2. Spatial Planning in Flanders: a brief history 3. Introducing regional development without land take 4. Towards a white paper 5. Two fundamental choices 6. Six grand tasks

“Meet Flanders

“Meet Flanders

Institutional architecture of Belgium

Flanders

Wallonia

Brussels Capital Region

Fast facts: 13,521 km² 6,251,983 inhabitants (2010) 5 provinces 308 municipalities

“Meet Flanders

Flanders Today

“Spatial Planning in Flanders: a brief history

“Spatial Planning in Flanders: a brief history Timeline Belgian Act on Urbanism

1962

“Spatial Planning in Flanders: a brief history

1962 1997 Timeline Spatial Structure Plan

“Spatial Planning in Flanders: a brief history Timeline Spatial Policy Plan – Green Paper

1962 1997 2012

“Introducing regional development without land take

“Introducing regional development without land take 3 layers Smart transformation

“Towards a white paper

“Towards a white paper

6 GRAND TASKS 1. Developing the urban system on a human scale 2. Introducing green-blue arteries 3. Reinforcing Flanders’ metropolitan position 4. Developing resilient landscapes 5. Room for food, water & biodiversity 6. Increasing the performance of the logistical network

2 FUNDAMENTAL CHOICES 1. Spatial neutrality 2. Basic spatial quality

“Two fundamental choices

1. Spatial neutrality through meticulous land use

Urgency • Soil sealing (EC) • Effects of soil sealing:

– Water – Biodiversity – Food security – CO2-cycle – Urban heat island – …

“Two fundamental choices

1. Spatial neutrality through meticulous land use

A ceiling for sealing

“Two fundamental choices

XX %

25 %

Share of territory

2050

Built up area

today

6

Land take (ha/day)

2050 today

1. Spatial neutrality through meticulous land use

Transitiepad

“Two fundamental choices

1. Spatial neutrality through meticulous land use

Transitiepad

“Two fundamental choices

6 ha→0 ha

2. Developing basic spatial qualities Leveraging demographic growth into an increased and area-focused quality of the daily living environment

“Two fundamental choices

SPATIAL QUALITY

+

CHOICE OF LOCATION

UTILITY VALUE

EXPERIENCE

VALUE

FUTURE VALUE

“Six Grand Tasks

1. Developing the urban system on a human scale

“Six Grand Tasks

Guiding demographic growth towards sensible locations

2. Introducing green-blue arteries

“Six Grand Tasks

“Six Grand Tasks

3. Reinforcing Flanders’ metropolitan position in the NW-European Delta

Developing metropolitan networks with a critical mass

3. Reinforcing Flanders’ metropolitan position in the NW-European Delta

“Six Grand Tasks

Creating topspots

“Six Grand Tasks

4. Developing resilient landscapes

Shaping space in order for it to handle shocks

5. Room for food, water & biodiversity Preserving and developing coherent areas for food, water and biodiversity

“Six Grand Tasks

6. Increasing the performance of the logistical network Approach the logistical network as a whole and create maximum added value for society

“Six Grand Tasks

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“Thank you