A coastal Zone Perspective

A coastal Zone Perspective

Rijkswaterstaat

KWP-collection

1999-03-01

A Coastal Zone Perspective is a preparatory study jointly prepared by the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water management, the Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries and the Ministry of Economie Affairs. Rather than being some sort of manifesto or blueprint for the future, it represents the first steps towards a dialogue between everyone with an interest in the way the sea and coast are managed. The results of th is dialogue will contribute to a number of policy documents to be published during 1999 and 2000. These include the Fifth Policy Statement on Spatial Planning, the Third Policy Statement on the Coastal Region, the PKB-Waddenzee, the Policy Statement on Nature, Woodlands and Landscape in the 21st Century, the Policy Statement on the Countryside and the Policy Statement on Regional Economy. The purpose of this is to put coastal issues high on the policy agenda. A Coastal Zone Perspective deals with the coastal zone and the sea. Decisions made about the land often have repercussions for the sea and vice-versa. In this preparatory study, we will put forward a number of proposals for inclusion in the dialogue. A Coastal Zone Perspective looks primarily at quality, opportunities and various directions for development and is therefore less directly concerned with regulations, money or research. It begins with an explanation as to why the four departments felt the need for a common vision on coastal issues. This is followed by a discussion of the character and identity of the Dutch coast. Weshow how this is determined to a large extent by the three basic qualities of 'Resilience', 'Coherence and Interdependence', 'Landscape and Skyline'. Finally, six sea and coastline issues intended to maintain and strengthen these qualities are presented. A Coastal Zone Perspective is borne along by images: the story is told by graphs, maps, diagrams and photographs. The graphs that appear in some pictures are not based on statistical analysis but do help to put over what the choices before us are really all about.

coatal issues
coastal zone
dialogue

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Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management

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Hydraulic Engineering Reports

report

(c) 1999 Interdepartmental vision for the Coast