Strategie vir ruimtelike ontwikkeling in Nederland

The term Randstad Holland is used to describe the agglomeration of cities in the south west of the Netherlands. In this Randstad there is no central city like London or Paris, but three large and several medium-sized cities. The horse shoe pattern of the agglomera­tion encloses an open area, the so­ called Green Heart of Holland which is mainly used for agricultural and re­creational purposes. Keeping this areaopen by preventing the dispersal of people and urban development into this area has become the basic princi­ple underlying physical planning in the Netherlands. The Third Report on Physi... Mehr ...