Planning the horticultural sector: Managing greenhouse sprawl in the Netherlands

Planning the horticultural sector: Managing greenhouse sprawl in the Netherlands

Korthals Altes, W.K.
Van Rij, H.E.

OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment

2013-03-01

Greenhouses are a typical example of peri-urban land-use, a phenomenon that many planning systems find difficult to address as it mixes agricultural identity with urban appearance. Despite its urban appearance, greenhouse development often manages to evade urban containment policies. But a ban on greenhouse development might well result in under-utilisation of the economic value of the sector and its potential for sustainability. Specific knowledge of the urban and rural character of greenhouses is essential for the implementation of planning strategies. This paper analyses Dutch planning policies for greenhouses. It concludes with a discussion of how insights from greenhouse planning can be applied in other contexts involving peri-urban areas.

greenhouses
peri-urban land-use
the Netherlands
land-use planning
horticulture

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:93072dd5-4f40-48ee-a447-b06165663c9f

Elsevier

0264-8377

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.08.012

Land Use Policy, 31, 2013; Authors version

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(c) 2013 Korthals Altes, W.K.
Van Rij, H.E.