This project looks at the tension between area-based work and generic Dutch nature policy. Three areas were investigated: Gaasterland, De Groene Long and the Noordelijke Friese Wouden. The results show that while area-based working methods are necessary, the areas are forced to deal with an...

This project concerns an analysis of recent developments regarding decentralisation in national nature policy. We see decentralisation here as a transfer of tasks. But it is a multifaceted issue. As a 'decentralised single state', the Netherlands is traditionally characterised by co-government....