Nature protection and biodiversity - Outlook 2020 (Belgium)

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The growth of human populations in Belgium and its impact on land conversion

Topic: Nature and biodiversity

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Published: 05 Nov 2010 Modified: 11 May 2020 Feed synced: 22 Dec 2010 original

The human population in Belgium is expected to grow by just under 14 % between 2005 and 2030^¹.

This population growth is expected to be more pronounced in the Brussels-Capital Region (23 %) and Walloon Region (16 %) than in the Flemish Region (12 %). Population growth is likely to lead to an increased land conversion to cater for the need of space for housing, industry, infrastructure, etc. (see section commonality, land-use for more details)

1 Based on accompanying data to FPB-ADSEI 2008. Available at http://www.plan.be/databases/database_det.php?lang=nl&TM=46&IS=79&ID=26&DB=DEMOG (Dutch) or http://www.plan.be/databases/database_det.php?lang=fr&TM=46&IS=79&ID=26&DB=DEMOG (French).