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A <strong>Quest</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>partners</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>research</strong>
0 Introduction
This publication conta<strong>in</strong>s the results of the project ‘Review of knowledge development <strong>for</strong> multiple and
<strong>in</strong>tensive land use outside the Netherlands’ (Verkenn<strong>in</strong>g kennisontwikkel<strong>in</strong>g meervoudig ruimtegebruik
<strong>in</strong> het buitenland). The project was commissioned by a consortium consist<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Habi</strong><strong>for</strong>um, the
Innovation Network Rural Areas and Agricultural systems (Innovatienetwerk Groene Ruimte) and the
Advisory Council <strong>for</strong> Research on Spatial Plann<strong>in</strong>g, Nature and the Environment (RMNO). It was
carried out between February 2001 and October 2002.
The materials presented here focus on the urban areas and are the <strong>in</strong>itial results of a review of
<strong>in</strong>ternational expertise and experience with multiple and <strong>in</strong>tensive land use (MILU), <strong>in</strong> Dutch:
meervoudig ruimtegebruik. The choice of countries to be <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the review was based on a quick
scan which was completed <strong>in</strong> October 2001. 1 and a study by Ton Kreukels and Mar<strong>in</strong>ka van Vliet.
Broadend Perspective (Verruimd Perspectief) 2 These countries are Germany, France, the United
K<strong>in</strong>gdom, the United States, Japan and Hong Kong. Un<strong>for</strong>tunately, <strong>in</strong> the time that was available no
suitable <strong>partners</strong> could be found <strong>in</strong> the United K<strong>in</strong>gdom and Japan. Clearly, there<strong>for</strong>e, these results
should be viewed as the first stage <strong>in</strong> the review. Further study will be needed to obta<strong>in</strong> a more
complete picture.
Despite this limitation, the supervisory committee considered that the material now available from the
countries <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the study is highly relevant and of value to the debate on multiple and <strong>in</strong>tensive
land use <strong>in</strong> the Netherlands. The committee decided, there<strong>for</strong>e, to make the <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation available via
this publication. Moreover, when this stage of the study was concluded <strong>in</strong> 2002, the future of
<strong>Habi</strong><strong>for</strong>um was uncerta<strong>in</strong>, throw<strong>in</strong>g doubt on the possibility of follow<strong>in</strong>g the study up. This was a further
reason to publish the results to date.
The objective of the <strong>research</strong> project was to explore the opportunities <strong>for</strong> Dutch organizations active <strong>in</strong>
the field of multifunctional use of space, to profit from knowledge available outside the Netherlands
and, if feasible, to cooperate with <strong>for</strong>eign and <strong>in</strong>ternational organizations <strong>in</strong> develop<strong>in</strong>g, adapt<strong>in</strong>g and
apply<strong>in</strong>g new concepts to the Dutch context.
In the absence of an absolute yardstick, multifunctionality can only be addressed <strong>in</strong> relative terms.
Given this state of affairs, the work<strong>in</strong>g def<strong>in</strong>ition of MILU <strong>for</strong> the purpose of the <strong>research</strong> project
conta<strong>in</strong>s four elements: 3
- More <strong>in</strong>tensive use of space; <strong>in</strong> other words, a more efficient use of space <strong>for</strong> the allotted function.
- Mixed use of space, <strong>in</strong> which more than one function is present <strong>in</strong> the same space.
- Vertical use of space, above and below ground level (the third dimension of space).
- The use of space <strong>in</strong> time (the fourth dimension of space).
We speak of multifunctional and <strong>in</strong>tensive land use when a project addresses one or more of the
above mentioned elements.
The review of <strong>in</strong>ternational experience with MILU was <strong>in</strong>itiated by the <strong>Habi</strong><strong>for</strong>um Foundation, the
Dutch Advisory Council <strong>for</strong> Research on Spatial Plann<strong>in</strong>g, Nature and the Environment (RMNO) and
the Innovation Network <strong>for</strong> Rural Areas and Agricultural Systems (INGRA). These Dutch actors are
1 ‘Multiple Use of Land and Space. Results of an International Quick Scan on Knowledge Development’,
<strong>Habi</strong><strong>for</strong>um, 8 October 2001.
2 Broadened Perspective. an <strong>in</strong>ternational study on spatial plann<strong>in</strong>g and multifunctional use of space
(<strong>for</strong>tcom<strong>in</strong>g).Verruimd Perspectief een <strong>in</strong>ternationale vergelijk<strong>in</strong>g naar ruimtelijke <strong>in</strong>richt<strong>in</strong>g en meervoudig ruimte
gebruik : Ton Kreukels and Mar<strong>in</strong>ka van Vliet Discipl<strong>in</strong>e groep Planologie Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen
Universiteit Utrecht. Augustus 2001.
3 Derived from the study ‘Geef ruimte de kennis, geef kennis de ruimte’ (Give space to knowledge, give
knowledge to space) by. Arnout Lagendijk and Wisserhof. RMNO/NRLO/ INRO rapport aan de Raad.
RMNO report no. 136, June 1999.
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