Riverzone Vlaardingen

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Riverzone Vlaardingen

Martien van Paassen Community Vlaardingen
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Riverzone Vlaardingen

• Scedule
• Map Where is Vlaardingen
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Riverzone Vlaardingen

• INTRODUCTION
• Martien van Paassen
• Direction City Works
• community Vlaardingen
• head of section environment

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Riverzone Vlaardingen

• INTRODUCTION VLAARDINGEN
• 73.000 inhabitants
• near Rotterdam on the border of the Nieuwe maas
• other side of the river petrochemical site of
  Shell in Pernis

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Riverzone Vlaardingen

• HISTORY
• fishermanstown, early twentieth century biggest
  fleet
• industrial development in half twentieth century
• grown of city spectaculair in the fifties until
  the eighties
• in seventies first environmental accidents in
  industrial complex at the left maasborder
• too much industrial pollution near an unliveable
  city
• solution big effort on industrial complexes,
• new law for airpollution

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Riverzone Vlaardingen

• RIVERZONE VLAARDINGEN
• Old harbour with old fishstorage buildings, not
  suitable for industrial compagnies
• factories don't fit good companies at the wrong
  place
• bad infrastructure
• bad economic development
• forgotten zone shame zone
• quality of the river city with the back towards
  the river
• high water risk in spring and autumn

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Riverzone Vlaardingen

• GOALS RECOVERING PROJECT
• living on the border of the river 1500 new
  houses
• office space 250.000 m2
• 50 hectares industrial area
• better infrastructure
• connect the city with the river with living and
  relaxing area
• good companies at the good place
• economic impulse

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Riverzone Vlaardingen

• STRUCTURE PLAN (FYSIC ECONOMIC)
• environmental problem makes unliveable
• air pollution
• industrial noise
• external safety (risk of accidents with
  casualties)
• soil pollution

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Riverzone Vlaardingen

• UNLIVEABLE AREA?
• other side of the harbour comparable environment,
  very populari
• experience of inhabitants is different
• people are familiair with the shipping, harbour
  and industrial complex work(ed) there
• compensation green environment, spaced area

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• NEW HOUSES IN SICK ENVIRONMENT?
• 10-15 years ago unthinkable
• other choice green recreation area at other side
  of town (soil pollution)
• specific quality, unique view, unique environment

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• ORGANISATION
• separate office
• special cmmunitie council
• alderman

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• DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM
• ministry HSPE experimental law city
  environment 25 projects selected
• three steps
• step 1 gather information
• step 2 creative discussion with spatial planners
• step 3 if 1 and 2 does not give the solution
  relax the accepted noise levels and procedures

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• STEP 3 DECISION
• discussion with neigbours companies, civilions
  and other participants sceptic but also
  enthousiastic
• advice health department positif
• compensation problems extra isolation between
  the houses, green space, big appartments,

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Riverzone Vlaardingen

• PROCEDURE
• city council takes the step three decision
• minister hspe agrees with the decision
• companies left bank disagree on issue air
  pollution not enough study on small dust
• highest civil judge plan and decision is
  unacceptable, destroyed the decision
• expiring date of experiment law says no to new
  decision

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Riverzone Vlaardingen

• AND NOW?
• gentlemens agreement (GA) 4 cities, 4 industrial
  areas, ministry, regional and provincial
  government
• environmental attention zone "discus and accept
  wishes and goals on developping instead of
  arguing
• local G.A.'s Vlaardingen with shell for
  developpiong zone at the riverside
• new step 3 decision when new law CE is there

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Riverzone Vlaardingen

• EXPERIENCE
• Lot of work
• Breakpoint of thinking new houses near
  industrial complex integrate instead of separete
  (where possible)
• Don't misuse it (stretching values)
• Compensation make it liveable
• Fixation the quality of environment in spatial
  planning
• Dont avoid discussion wit the neighbours
• Clear goals for all the players open discusion
  open minds
• Gathering spatial planning and environment way of
  thinking
• Spontanious developping of the harbour isn old
  fish storage buildings restaurants, clubs etc.
• Government takes initiative company follows.