Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 1.6
Denmark's Vision for 2025
Source: Miljø og Energieministeriet (2000: 15)
In Belgium there has been a move towards strategic planning at the regional
level since the early 1990s, which actively seeks to position the regional territories
in the north-west European context. The
Schéma de développement de l'espace
régional
(
SDER
), published 1999, presents the Walloon region as part of a north-
west European megalopolis (cf. Figure 1.8). The Spatial Structure Plan for Flan-
ders (Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1997) uses the spatial metaphor
of the 'Flemish Diamond', an urban network area covering Brussels, Ghent,
