Planning the horticultural sector: Managing greenhouse sprawl in the Netherlands

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 gr...

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Published in:Land use policy 2013-03, Vol.31, p.486-497
Main Authors: Korthals Altes, Willem K, van Rij, Evelien
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural policy
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Biological and medical sciences
economic valuation
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General agronomy. Plant production
greenhouses
horticulture
issues and policy
land use planning
Land utilization
Netherlands
Planning
Protected cultivation
Soilless cultures. Protected cultivation
Value
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0264-8377
1873-5754
DOI:10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.08.012