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VROM Council recommendations for sustainable urban development

Advisory report
VROM-raad - March 2011
This advice presents the findings of a search for a perspective on urbanization.

Better is faster

Advisory report
Raad VenW - May 2010
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 .....

Who I am and where I am going

Advisory report
Raad VenW - April 2010
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 .....

Permanent mobility in the Randstad

Advisory report
Raad VenW - May 2009
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 .....

Every journey has its price

Advisory report
VROM-raad - January 2008
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) .....

Sustainable development of marine potential

Advisory report
VROM-raad - May 2007
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 .....

Collaboration in the Eurodelta

Advisory report
VROM-raad - December 2005
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 .....

Energy transition: A climate for new opportunities

Advisory report
VROM-raad - December 2004
With this advice, the Councils are responding to the request from the Minister of Economic Affairs and the State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment to .....

The Netherlands and the European Environment

Advisory report
VROM-raad - December 1999
The European Union presently comprises 15 member states, but talks are being held with at least another 13 potential members: ten from Central and Eastern Europe, as well as .....

Mobility within Reason

Advisory report
VROM-raad - November 1999
In its advice 'Mobility within Reason’ the Council for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment analyses the merits of the present policy towards road traffic, and draws up .....