Guide to space

Space is at a premium in the Netherlands. This means that there is not enough space available for all activities. In addition, many uses of the available space exclude other uses to some extent. Competition between two or more potential uses is therefore a common environmental problem in the Netherlands.

Index Space

• Introduction Space: use, spatial policy and the consequences for nature and landscape in the Netherlands
• Land use in the Netherlands, 1977-2000
• Land use map of the Netherlands, 2000
• Space per capita in the Netherlands, 1900-2000
• Urban areas in the Netherlands, 1970-2000
• North Sea functions around 2000
• Use of space for public water supplies in the Netherlands, 1995

Relevant sections and indicators in the Environmental Data Compendium

• Various indicators in the sections Environmental pressure and Environmental quality provide a spatial impression of emissions, deposition and environmental quality.
• Index Impact on nature, for information about the implications of the use of space for nature.