Guidance Landscape types

Index section Landscapes types

• Landscape typology
• The downland area of south Limburg
• Sandy terrain
• Peat settlements
• River region
• Marine clay areas
• Carr peat areas
• Reclaimed lakes
• Coastal zone
• Large waterbodies

Introduction

The landscapes of the Netherlands are very diverse, because humans have moulded the entire country for their purpose, thereby accentuating the natural conditions. The preservation of this diversity of landscapes and of landscape identity is one of the main aims of the Dutch government's policy on landscape. It is related to the nine landscape types distinguished in the Second Structure Plan for the Rural Areas in the Netherlands (2002).

Technical note

The main typology has been taken from the Dutch government's Memorandum on Landscape (Nota Landschap).

References

• Farjon, J.M.J., G.H.P. Dirkx, A.J.M. Koomen, J.A.J. Vervloet en G.W. Lammers (2001). Neder-landschap Internationaal: Bouwstenen voor een selectie van gebieden landschapsbehoud. Rapport 358. Alterra. Wageningen.
• LNV (1992). Nota Landschap. Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Visserij. SDU. Den Haag.