Flanders’ urbanity — an outline |
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| Authors: | Pascal de Decker Erwin Lammens Paul van der Sluys Leopold van der Vliet Peter J. Van Severen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Researcher at the Studygroup Mens en Ruimte , Brussels;2. Researcher at the State University of Ghent ,;3. Flemish Administration for Spatial Planning and Environment , Brussels;4. President of the Vlaamse Federatie voor Planologie , Flemish Federation of Planner ,;5. Researcher at the Studiecentrum Wetenschap , Ruimte en Planning , Ghent;6. Head editor of Planologisch Nieuws , |
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| Abstract: | This article deals with Flanders’ urbanity. At the moment Flanders, a part of Belgium, is responsible for its own town and country planning. Nevertheless, today's picture of urbanity is, for the greatest part, the result of Belgian policy. The results are nothing to be proud of. In fact Flanders has no urbanity anymore, nor a real rurality. Everywhere in the countryside there are houses and other constructions; on the other hand and consequently the centres of cities and villages are in decay. The following text tries to draw, very briefly, the problems and the development of the problems in urban and rural Flanders. The roots have to be searched in the 19th century, especially in the constitution of Belgium, which is one of the most liberal on earth. The first part of the article is dealing with the history of urbanisation, whilst the second part deals with some recent evolutions in housing and housing policy, in employment and employment policy, in transport and transport policy. Finally, the third part is concerned with the town and country planning which has to structure the developments in spatial use for housing, industrial building and so on, but which has failed. |
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| Keywords: | Belgium Flanders Urban planning Urbanisation |
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