The concept of red-for-green in the Netherlands

The concept of red-for-green in the Netherlands

De Wolff, H.W.
Spaans, M.

OTB Research Institute

Urban and Urban Studies

2010-02-10

Dutch spatial planning policy and practice are moving towards a more balanced and – even more than before – comprehensive approach of spatial developments (Ministry of VROM et al., 2004). Together with trends such as the public cuts in housing and agricultural budgets, new partnerships between public and private stakeholders in spatial planning, a call for more quality of space (public space in particular), this has led to a search for new creative financing constructions (De Jong and Spaans, 2009). In this context new concepts and mechanisms to approach spatial developments are developed. Red-for-green is such a new mechanism which is increasingly used in Dutch spatial developments (Ministries of LNV & VROM, 2009). The revenues from urban developments such as housing, offices and industrial estates, are partly used to finance investments in the rural landscape. Often it concerns complex, long-term projects at the supra local level in which several land-uses have to be realised. In this paper we elaborate on the Dutch concept of red-for-green. We relate this concept to international literature and national spatial planning policy documents. We then propose a typology of the many different projects which are undertaken under this umbrella and analyse the different types of problems which this type of projects encounters. We conclude with some propositions to overcome these problems (De Wolff et al., 2009).

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dba92f22-b124-4f5f-a021-62c1c7b201a3

International Academic Association on Planning, Law and Property Rights

International Academic Conference of Planning, Law and Property Rights, 4th, Dortmund, February 10-12, 2010

Institutional Repository

conference paper

(c) 2010 De Wolff, H.W.; Spaans, M.