Leisure land-use planning and sustainability in the new town of Almere, The Netherlands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5942577 |
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| Authors | Han J A Wezenaar (Flevoziekenhuis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 460-476 |
| Publication date | 1999-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tourism Geographies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-6688 • E-ISSN: 1470-1340 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14616689908721337 |
| OpenAlex | W2001908386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Planning for the Almere new town in the Netherlands started in 1971. The first inhabitants arrived in 1976. There were some 120,000 inhabitants by 1996. It was built near Amsterdam on a new polder (land reclaimed from the sea). Recreation and tourism, along with all other forms of land‐use planning, started from point zero ‐ on an uninhabited, flat mudplain. The concept of a system of ‘leisure locales’ was incorporated into the general land‐use planning and urban design for the new town. In particular, the concept of incorporating both ‘unity’ and ‘variety’ in leisure planning was an important force in the process of Almere's development. Many other new concepts and methods, such as Delphi‐forecasts, preference budget games and phenomenological research were explored. By basing the works of this ‘leisure planning laboratory’ firmly on humanistic geographical views, the actual results turn out to be very favourable for the city's fast growing number of inhabitants, as well as providing environmental sustainability of the new urban region. Only recently an explicit tourism policy has been formulated by the new municipality. Local users are already very proud of their new man‐made landscapes, thanks to the three internal, rather humanistic, goals of the Almere leisure land‐use planners: integration, commitment and organization
Archaeology · Business · Civil engineering · Environmental planning · Geography · Land use · Land-use planning · Sustainability · Tourism · Town planning · Urban planning · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Engineering · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Rural development and sustainability
| Highly cited | No |
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