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Land use and land take in Flanders, situation 2016
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This report describes the development of the land use database for the reference year 2016 for Flanders. It is the result of a progressive development and is based on the combination of the best available spatial information in Flanders (GIS layers and other (spatial) databases). In other words, no targeted terrain work was carried out in the context of the compilation of this land use database.
The land use database, situation 2016 is an update of the land use database, situation 2013 (Poelmans, L., Van Esch L., Janssen L, Engelen G., 2016a. Land use database for Flanders, 2013). The aim is to carry out at least a 3-yearly update in order to be able to monitor changes in land use in Flanders in this way. The land-use database, state 2013, is hereby considered as a baseline measurement. It is necessary to be able to update the land use database on a regular basis with the available data. It is therefore important that the procedure is perfected and that the underlying data sources are updated at regular intervals. The advantage of this is that the derived products of the land-use component can also be updated on a regular basis, so that a consistent time series can also be built up for these derived land-use maps and indicators.
'Land take' is such a derived product of the land use database. The concept of 'land take' is defined in the White Paper and in the strategic vision of the Spatial Policy Plan as that part of the space in which the biophysical function is no longer the most important. In other words, it is about the space that is occupied by our settlements (i.e. for housing, industrial and commercial purposes, transport infrastructure, recreational purposes and also parks and gardens). In 2016, a baseline measurement of land take was carried out for the reference year 2013 (Poelmans, L., Van Esch, L., Janssen, L., Engelen, G., 2016b. Spatial yield indicators, reference year 2013). The concept of 'land take' was made concrete and mapped out as a direct derivative of the land use database. This report therefore also describes the update of the land take, situation 2016.
The land use database, situation 2016 is an update of the land use database, situation 2013 (Poelmans, L., Van Esch L., Janssen L, Engelen G., 2016a. Land use database for Flanders, 2013). The aim is to carry out at least a 3-yearly update in order to be able to monitor changes in land use in Flanders in this way. The land-use database, state 2013, is hereby considered as a baseline measurement. It is necessary to be able to update the land use database on a regular basis with the available data. It is therefore important that the procedure is perfected and that the underlying data sources are updated at regular intervals. The advantage of this is that the derived products of the land-use component can also be updated on a regular basis, so that a consistent time series can also be built up for these derived land-use maps and indicators.
'Land take' is such a derived product of the land use database. The concept of 'land take' is defined in the White Paper and in the strategic vision of the Spatial Policy Plan as that part of the space in which the biophysical function is no longer the most important. In other words, it is about the space that is occupied by our settlements (i.e. for housing, industrial and commercial purposes, transport infrastructure, recreational purposes and also parks and gardens). In 2016, a baseline measurement of land take was carried out for the reference year 2013 (Poelmans, L., Van Esch, L., Janssen, L., Engelen, G., 2016b. Spatial yield indicators, reference year 2013). The concept of 'land take' was made concrete and mapped out as a direct derivative of the land use database. This report therefore also describes the update of the land take, situation 2016.
Number of pages: 92
Publication year:2019
Accessibility:Open