Netherlands.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Series: OECD rural policy reviews; OECD reviews of rural policy
Publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; OECD Publishing
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng; fre; dut
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9789264041967
Subjects: Rural development -- Netherlands; Rural development -- Government policy -- Netherlands; Netherlands -- Rural conditions
Description: Faced with high population density, close proximity of urban areas and urban-rural linkages, rural areas in the Netherlands have witnessed a gradual disappearance of characteristically rural landscapes and a deterioration of biodiversity. Future developments will increase pressures on rural land use, making a policy framework to address these challenges only more pertinent. This review of rural policy in the Netherlands examines the character of rural areas in the Netherlands and how they have evolved. It then examines rural policies and their decentralization, rural land use planning, and landscape and nature policies. The final chapters discusses how to strengthen rural policies in the Netherlands. The book includes a series of recommendations.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-151).

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Includes assessment and recommendations in French and Dutch.