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Spatial development is high on the political agenda. Until recently, the responsibility for the living environment quality belonged to the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning .....

The objective of this advisory memorandum is to provide guidance on how to focus more on developments in the size and composition of the population, on socio-economic factors and .....

The European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) merits acceptance, support and further development.

Investing in construction, utilisation and road pricing will not be enough to improve mobility in the Randstad, the highly urbanised western part of the Netherlands. Extra .....

Joint advice of the council for transport, public works and water management (Raad voor Verkeer en Waterstaat, council for housing, spatial planing and the environment (VROM-raad) .....

The European seas and oceans, the North and Wadden Sea included, are harbouring an enormous economical and ecological potential. At the same time it is justified to state that .....

In this advice the Advisory Council for Transport, Public Works and Water Management calls for attention to opportunities for strengthening the position of the Netherlands through .....

With this advice, the Council anticipates on a more comprehensive advice on the EU agricultural policy, which is placed on the agenda for the second half of this year. That advice .....

This advice is intended to specify what minimum requirements are necessary to avoid sliding back into a policy level that can no longer be called 'reliable'. In the Council's .....