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If current legislation would remain unchanged, the increased demand for houses and business premises will ensure a further expansion of the built-up areas.
The Environment Outlook 2030 for Flanders by the Flemish Environment Agency describes developments in the sectors of the economy, and the consequences thereof for the pressure on and quality of the environment. The Nature Outlook 2030 by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest concentrates on the consequences for the quality of the environment and the use of land for biodiversity.
The Environmental Outlook 2030 investigates how the quality of the environment might develop in Flanders and what impact policy could have on this. The future developments have been depicted using three policy scenarios with increasing levels of ambition:
The population growth steers the future land use in Flanders to a great extent.
1 For land use, due to a lack of information, the visionary scenario was not developed in the Environmental Outlook 2030. This report only investigates the reference scenario and the Europe scenario which both expect an increase in the built-up area.
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/2010/countries/be/land-use-outlook-2020-belgium or scan the QR code.
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