HISTORY OF THE POLDER SYSTEMS IN THE NETHERLANDS
CURRENT SITUATION OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN ZEELAND
New land from the sea in the Netherlands Before 1300 1300-1600 1600-1900
AGRICULTURE
After 1900
ENERGY
INDUSTRY
WASTES
URBAN CONSUME EXPORTATIONS
The current situation in Zeeland related to the economy of the area is based on a system of exportations. This region produce almost the 40% of the products that The Netherlands export to the world, being at the same time the second agricultural products exporter in the world after the United States of America. This level of excelens is due to the efficientcy and capability of the Dutch to produce more food with less resources reducing surfaces. The main problem is that this system is not sustainable any more. The growth of the big world markets like China or India make the system not enough competitive and the agricultural production system in Europe is being questionated. The actual economic system in Zeeland mosty is based on a lineal economy when the wates are not used and the agriculture production find ways to produce as much as possible not taking in consideration how this agricultural land has destroyed nature areas and bioodiversity.
A CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR THE FUTURE OF ZEELAND The main problem to solve in this project is based on the fact that the agricultural land in Zeeland that until today has been the most important factor of its identity now it needs to change in order to be more sustainable and affort the changes that the new future visions are asking for.
DYNAMIC NETHER LANDS Nobody has more expercience in water managment than dutch in the Netherlands. Their land has changed through the time because of their capability in extract water from the soil and win land from the sea. Dutch have been more than 900 years creating dry land with dikes and polder systems. The highest point in the Netherlands is 323 m, right on the border with Germany and Belgium. The lowest point is 6.76m below sea level. In all some 40% of the land area lies below sea level.
WATER LEVEL
BIODIVERSITY IN THE SWAMP
The project add one principal criteria based on a circular economy scheme where 3 factors have been taken in consideration: Local agriculture production and consumption connecting productors and consumers, an industrial symbiosis where the local industries could use resources and biooil from the agricultural land while the farmers could use wastes from the factories, and finally connecting diferents natural areas which are now isolated and are not free of barriers for plants and animals.
AGRICULTURE AND BREEDING
Agricultural waste Co-generation energy Organic fertilizer production Biogas and biofuels
WET SOIL
SEDIMENTS
Before 1300. SWAMPS Dutch landscape is caracterized by how it can be transformed, which made it a dynamic landscape. Before the Dutch started pumping water from the land, this land was invaded by the water in there areas lower than the sea level. Soil could be peat, clay, loess or sand, and full of water so the land mantained moist.
NEW WATER LEVEL
PUMPING WATER OUT OF THE POLDER
DYKE
SEA LEVEL
DRY SOIL
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION WET PEAT / CLAY
After 1300. Middle Age NEW LAND
After the year 1300 the Dutch started building dikes around pieces of land in order to get the soil dry. After pumping the water out of the new dikes the polderS became a new dry landS profitable to agriculture and animal breeding.
NEW WATER LEVEL
PROFITABLE LAND USE
IN THE POLDER
BIODIVERSITY OUT OF THE POLDER DRAINAGE CANAL
SEA LEVEL DYKE
WET PEAT / CLAY
LAND USE While the swamp didn’t allow the land to produce food, now, the polder system lets the land be productive. That’s why this system covers at least 40% of the Netherlands, which make this country the second agriculturual products exporter of the world after the United States of America.
PROFITABLE LAND USE SUBSIDENCE OF THE LAND
OXIDATION OF THE DRY PEAT SEA LEVEL
CO2 DRAINAGE CANAL
DRAINAGE CANAL
OXIDATION PROCESS The main soil in Zeeland is clay but most of the land that is composed by peat is shinking. The peat is composed of organic material which is actually burned mostly to extract energy from it. Furthermore peat oxides when it is in contact with the oxigen producing CO2 to the atmosphere. This natural process of oxidation produces a reduction of its volume. This results in the consequent subsidence. Then ground water level gets closer to the surface and this water is pumped out to have a dry ground.
Reducing packaging Local consume Local transport by bike
Recycling of industrial waste Generation energy from biomass Compost production from waste Transformation of bio products
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INTRODUCTION
A SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE FOR THE FUTURE OF ZEELAND
BIO AGRICULTURE / INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS / NATURE CONNECTIONS RAILWAY
Another strategie this project is gonna introduce is working in a potencial urban agriculture able to stimulate the connexions between local products and local consume. The agricultural landscape in Walcheran is based on exportations and there are not enough effort in maximize the consume in the same area dicreasing transport expenses and improving the quality of the products through avoiding the processes of the industry. Here we can find some references of how European initiatives that through the policy, technology and smart supplies in designing is it posible to reach those needed future goals.
Pilot Project HoneyTag: Technology for honey producers and consumers in Montenegro
HIGHWAY REGIONAL ROADS LOCAL ROADS
SPORT COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL AREAS TOURISM COMPLEX MILITARY AREAS CEMENTERY FISH PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION
RECREATIVE AREAS
Quality products from domestic honey producers
OTHER USES
DUNE AREAS FOREST AGRICULTURAL LAND ORCHARD GRASSLAND
REFERENCES
TECNOLOGY
INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS The Yara Sluiskil site is the Europe’s largest artificial fertilizer producer and is located in the industrial area of Ternezaun. They aim to effectively reduce their environmental footprint and further their economic advancement through Industrial Symbiosis. WarmCO2’s core business is to create a symbiotic connection of heat and CO2 between the artificial fertilizer company Yara and local greenhouses. They can control the temperature of the green houses with recycling energy and the water they used is going back to the fertilizer industry.
CONSUME
Information about the beehive, its GPS position, and the weather conditions at the beehive location
Consumer feedback will be encouraged and displayed, ensuring healthy business competition.
Copenhagen’s Policy: Sustainable food for Copenhagen’s kitchens
PRODUCTION LocaL FRESH FOOOD PRODUCTION
GREEN HOUSE They can control the temperature of the green houses with recycling energy and the water they used is going back to the fertilizer industry.
POLICY
WASTES Cooled water
CO2 Water 90ºC WarmCO2’s core business is to create a symbiotic connection of heat and CO2 between the artificial fertilizer company Yara and local greenhouses.
The Yara Sluiskil site is Europe’s largest artificial fertilizer producer.
YARA They aim to effectively reduce their environmental footprint and further their economic advancement through Industrial Symbiosis.
CONSUME In 2016 Cophenaghen use organic food in 90% of all public meals that are procured in the city.
‘Public kitchens’ Public food procurement for nurseries, schools and elderly homes
The Life+ project BiocopacPlus: Making sustainable packaging from tomatoes
PRODUCTION More than 3000 industries of tomatoe production in Europe
RECYCLING
CONSUME Food residues from tomato processing 300M Tn of wastes in processed food industry.
Reusable resource for packaging Turning tomato skins into a bio-lacquer that can be used as a natural coating for metal food cans.
FRUIT PRODUCTION
TERRITORIAL STRATEGIES
CONNECT PRODUCTORS AND CONSUMERS
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A SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE FOR THE FUTURE OF ZEELAND BIO AGRICULTURE / INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS / NATURE CONNECTIONS REGIONAL ANALYSE OF WALCHEREN BY LAYERS SOIL MAP
Middelburg Arnemuiden Nieuw-en St.Jousland Sint Laurens Vlissingen Veere Koudekerke Dishoek Groot-Valkenisse Zoutelande Meliskerke Biggekerke Gapinje Serooskerke Grijpskerke Aagtekerke Domburg Oostkapelle Vrouwenpolder Westkapelle
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
21 839 hab
TOTAL 114 759 hab
44 372 hab 21 839 hab
POPULATION
Types of soil
S1 Pool clays Light clays, carbonate >2% Light clays Heavy clays, carbonate >2% Heavy clays
S2
Sandy soils
Walcheran is located in the province of Zeeland and is a pensinsula that was an ireland in the past but thought the polder system has been winning land progressively until it was connected to the main land. The peninsula is divided in three regions, being Vlissingen the most popalated area t related to the harbour and is composed by one city with more than 44000 hab. Middelburg is the main city in the center and finally Veere with 15 cities and more population than 21000 hab. almost the same than Middelburg with 4 cities.
Zeeland is composed mostly by clay wich has been a determinator factor to describe the landscape on that region. Walcheran is composed by diferent types of clay and sand in the part of the dunes. In the middle a morfology of creek ridges has been created after centurys. The process of formation of this creek ridges composed by heavy clay which are above the pool clay areas level, is called inversion landscape.
TRANSPORT NETWORK
INVERSION LANDSCAPE
PEAT
PEAT
PEAT SAND
S4
CREEK RIDGE
SEDIMENTATION
CREEK
S3
CLAY SAND
Urban density Highway CREEK RIDGES FORMATIONS
IN THE POLDER
WATER LEVEL
Regional road Local road Country road
CREEK RIDGES FORMATIONS SINKING PEAT
S5
Railway
The area of Zeeland is the door of international exportation from Europe. The exported products of Poland, Germany and diferent countries in Europe are transported by train and road to Zeeland in order to be exported to the world. This is a important fact to analyse the transport network because the infrastructures are really developed in the area to reach the ports of Vlissingen and Ternezaun like the railways and national and territorial roads.
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES MAP
The drainage system in the Netherlands was made by creeks that canalize the water. Those creeks also transport sand sediments that slowly are acumulated on the peat base. This process takes years but it makes the landscape invert, causing the peat to sink at the same time that creek ridges are created. This is a natural process that speeds up the sinking of the peat in these areas.
FRESH / SALTY WATER MAP
Land uses Industrial Tourism Recreative area Natural reserved Identification of fresh water reserves
Garden / Golf field / Caza / Cementery Sport complex
Fresh water < 5m surface
Windwheel park
Fresh Water > 5m surface
DUNE AREAS
Nowadays one of the most important activities for the economy in the area is the tourism. When the new Grevelingendam and Zeeland bridge improved the province’s accessibility, tourism got another boost. Especially in the water. Under the Delta Act, most estuaries were closed off, and the Veerse Meer and Grevelingen became hotspots for water sport. Better access has been a stimulus to tourism, thanks to the Dams and the flood barrier.
The fresh water reserves are on the lowest parts of the area. It means that the creek ridges leads the way of the salty water on the groundfloor. The north coast and the dunes areas are on salty water reserves and where the fresh water is deeper you find also vegetation that like salty water. It happens especially on the dunes.
NATURAL AREAS DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURE MAP DE MANTELING
FOREST
RECREATIVE AREAS
AGRICULTURAL LAND
HOSPITAL
GRASSLAND
AIRPORT
HIGHWAY
FRUIT PRODUCTION
SPORT COMPLEX
RAILWAY
TREE NURSERY
TOURISM
DUAL CARRIAGEWAY
ORCHARD
INDUSTRY
REGIONAL ROAD
CEMENTERY
EOLIC PARK
LOCAL ROAD
VEERSE KREEK
Vegetables 2 754 350 ha 3,70%
ST. LAURENSE WEIHOEK
Potatos 10 783 127 ha 14,49%
PERFIL 1
BOUNDARY MORPHOLOGY
20m 10m 0m
Along the coast it is easy to find quite diferences related to the geomorphology. The whole area of Walcheren is just one polder protected by its boundary.
PERFIL 2
Fruit 1 500 804 ha 2,02%
HET VROON WESTKAPELLE
Land uses
Identification of nature reserves Actual nature reserve DE WESTKAPELSE KREEK
The nature areas in Walcheren are now isolated from each other. The agricultural land has invaded the surface and has created a disconnections between different natures and it is a big problem for biodiversity where the animals cannot move and migrate when they need to change their conditions during the year. It is totally necessary to connect nature in order to create a good balance for flora and fauna who always need more variety of conditions such us soil, food or climate.
65,59 %
ARABLE LAND
34,16 %
GRASSLAND 38755281,37ha
74400801,44ha
The main use of the land is for agriculture. The economy in Zeeland is based mostly in exportations of agricultural products, thats why the land has been invaded by food production. More or less the 65% of the food production is based in agriculture where the cereals are the main product, as potatoes, and sugar. The food production system is not sustainable any more and it needs an inmediate solution either for the land that has provoque a death nature in the whole area but also for the future economy and market.
Sugar 11 504 911,5 ha 15,46%
Corn 7 376 985,8ha 9,92%
Cereals 33 210 167 ha 44,64%
Onions 4 359 471 ha 5,86%
Beans 1 359 449 ha 1,83%
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20m 10m 0m
50m 40m 30m 20m 10m 0m
Sometimes this border dyke is created by the dunes which are protecting the areas inside the land. Its happening in the north of the peninsula, along the natural area of The Mantelling where the dunes are the natural protector. PERFIL 3
On north west, before the corner its located a marshland of salty water inside the polder. Salt marshes are pieces of land directly bordering the sea; they usually lie adjacent to shallow tidal areas. Salt marshes flood with seawater during extremely high water levels or storms. Sand and mud particles, suspended in the seawater flooding the marshes, subside among the plants and don’t easily wash away. In this way, salt marshes gradually expand and grow higher.
PERFIL 4
Later, where the boundary turns on the corner, its located the most exposed area to the north sea. This border is higher and harder, its an artificial dyke created with stones and asphalt and the dunes disapeare because hard streingh of the north sea, where the dyke needs to be strong enough to keep the land protected.
PERFIL 5
On the south, there is another natural area mostly formed by dunes and forest. This part is highest protecting the land along the south coast. 0km
0.25km
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A SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE FOR THE FUTURE OF ZEELAND BIO AGRICULTURE / INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS / NATURE CONNECTIONS The whole polder of the peninsula is invaded by agriculture crops and this provoque a discontinuity of the diferents natures that are in the area. The soil is sinking and at the same time it is poor in biodiversity because of the food production explotation. It’s posible to find some vegetation lines along the roads and paths that configurate the crop structure and connect the diferent cities. This vegetation mostly is composed by walls of Salix aurita that create a line to separate the crops from the paths. Also its posible to find Carpinus betulus, Cratraegus monogyna, Fagus sylvatica and Acer campestre, most of them are native from the Netherlands.
Acer campestre Populus tremula Carpinus betulus
Crataegus monogyna
The animal biodiversity declined as a consequence of the Delta Works, a national safety and water management plan. The habitat area reduced in size to just a few salt marshes and a few brackish water marshes, and as a result, the root vole and bird populations declined as marshlands lying within the dikes further fragmented .
Salix aurita
CREEK EDGES
Agricultural land
REED
NATURE AND BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY IN THE PROJECT AREA OF WALCHERAN 1/200
Oostkapelle
Domburg
The EU programmes of protection develop several projects in order to increase birds populations. The birds that are expected to return to the wetlands are the marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus), avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta), arctic tern (Sterna paradisea), black−winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), and common tern (Sterna hirundo). The project area will also offer foraging and refuge opportunities for various species of migratory birds.
S4
SECTION 1
5 Aagtekerke Fagus sylvatica
WETLAND
Veere
4
Serooskerke
Acer campestre
REED Crataegus monogyna
S2
Wetlands
Gapinje
3
Agricultural land
S3
Sint Laurens
Westkapelle
Meliskerke 2
S1
SECTION 2 CREEK
FOREST
FOREST
Salix aurita
TERNS
Populus alba
Salix aurita
WADER
Populus alba
1
CURRENT USES ALONG THE MASTERPLAN
GEESE
Zoutelande
CREEK EDGES REED
Arnemuiden
Biggekerke
Playground
ROOT VOLE
farm
1
Koudekerke
farm
Villa
Zoutelande
Groot-Valkenisse
Meliskerke
Middelburg
farm post office
SECTION 3
2
Villas
farm
camping farm
FOREST
farm
farm
Acer campestre
farm
farm
CREEK EDGES
gas station
4
farm
Serooskerke
Gapinje villas
farm farm
residential area
watersport complex
Gapinje
Veere farm moulin
FOREST
Vlissingen farm
camping
SECTION 4
animal farm residence
camping
farm
5
farm
Serooskerke camping
VEERSE MEER
farm
farm
comercial area
Grijpkerke
ESTUARY
Dishoek
green house
storage center
REED
farm
Grijpkerke
second-hand market
3
Nieuw-en St.Jousland
Meliskerke camping
Acer campestre
green house
furniture camping market
residential area
port
DIFFERENTS TYPES OF LANDSCAPE
Swallow
Oak forest in Manteling
Barnacle goose
Black sparrow
Moeras cypres van Walcheren
FLOWERS
Mockingbird
Fallow deer
Common deer
SWAMPS
Allium vineale
BEACH
Anemone ranunculoides
Narcissus
FOREST
Rhododendron ferrugineum
Galanthus nivalis
DUNES
Prímula denticulata
Anemone nemorosa
Woodpecker
Buzzard
INDUSTRY
Prímula beesiana
Kestrel
OAK FOREST IN MANTELLING
Sparrow
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The masterplan includes connections through the nature, water and forest and this plan adds sustainable uses and activities for a new biological agriculture based on the local market. Along the masterplan there are located diferent plots that supply local consume by local productivity. It will be a local network where inhabitans will have their public piece lands, green houses or community gardens to produce food without an industrial preassure. More farms will be transformed in local markets and cooperatives to improve the quality of the service and new bike route are prepared to transport localy the new sustainable biofood.
SPORT COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL AREAS TOURISTIC COMPLEX RECREATIVE AREAS NEW FOREST DEVELOPMENT NEW URBAN AGRICULTURE PLOTS SALTY AND FRES MARSHLANDS AGRICULTURAL LAND PATH ON THE NATURE WATER LINE CONNECTOR
AQUA AGRICULTURE THE DUNES
The wet lands are home to wildlife and there are also native foods that grow there. The new wet areas can be used also to enlarge the agricultural products production that can grown on salty and fresh water such as cranberries, salicorn, aquatic mint, wild rice or watercress.
The dunes zone in the north of Walcheren is the largest natural area. Is located next to the Mantelling, a natural reserve that at present is isolated. The project pretends to enlarge the dunes zone to growth nature along the coast.
INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS Along the masterplan there are current industrial areas that are not ignorated. This areas are included on the masterplan system. These industries can be adapted also to the new sustainable vision including symbiosis where the local industries could use resources and biooil from the agricultural land while the farmers could use wastes and energy from the factories next to them.
INDUSTRIAL AREA OF SEEROSKERKE The project area envolves a certain number of industrial areas related to the urban centers. The industry in Seeroskerke is the largest in the project area and it can be an opportunity to get some benefits of its waste. and develope a symbiosis between agriculture and industry.
IINSECT HOTELS Offering a sanctuary to beneficial insects, especially pollinators, insect hotels are considered to be the urban solution to declining population of beneficial insects in human environments due to habitat loss, pollution and abuse of pesticides. Insects provide many benefits to the ecosystem through pollination, nutrient cycle, and also as food source for birds.
NATURE CONNECTIONS Along the project area there are located several diferent types of forest, not only for restoration, also productive forest as fruit trees, populus, oaks and forest of moreras along the wet areas.
RESTORING WETLANDS NATURE UNDERNEITH
The masterplan also focus in the restoration of estuarine gradients between estuarine, river and inland habitat. The project aims to create natural connections landscape, with smallâ&#x2C6;&#x2019;scale transitional zones between the different wet areas, tidelands, and transitional zones to wet meadowlands.
TOURISTIC COMPLEX This project introduce a new vision for the touristic complexes. They have to bee related to the nature and the landscape system. The food consumption of these places has to be based on the local production and urban agriculture .
The route along the project adds a path where nature can grow underneith. From the North Sea coast to the Veere estuary, the path connect not only animal ways, but also urban densities, land uses and wet lands permiting nature grow along the project.
URBAN AGRICULTURE The corridor adds several activities related on agricultural production as ecologic orchards. It is necessary to develope urban agricultureal plots next tot the cities to push the local consume. This urban production can be public or private and it has to promoute ans stimulate social participative and cooperative.
MARSHLAND At present there are already some areas in the agricultural land where the water has invaded the soil surface and it is an opportunity to develope natural reserves for water plants and animal biodiversity. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why the project focus in develope the current marshlands and create a water network connector increasing wet land surfaces.
MASTERPLAN STRATEGIES
STRATEGIES OF THE MASTER PLAN NEW FUTURE FOR AGRICULTURE
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A SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE FOR THE FUTURE OF ZEELAND BIO AGRICULTURE / INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS / NATURE CONNECTIONS SMALL SCALE STRATEGIES IN THE PROJET AREA
The main goal on this project is related to nature connections. The route along the project adds a path where nature can grow underneith. From the North Sea coast to the Veere estuary, the path connect not only animal ways, but also urban densities, land uses and wet lands permiting nature grow along the project.
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PUBLIC GREEN HOUSES AQUA AGRICULTURE
Most of the project area is green because of the reforestation of the land. Forests in Wlacheran today are isolated and its important to add more value on it. The oak tree and populus is the main character of the current forest especially on the north. The project also wants to put in value the trees areas mixing the furit production activity with leasure and landscape. There are not differens between them, that’s why the new urban and rural parks can introduce food productivity while is creating forest as a green connector, a refuge for animals and recreational place to learn and promoute new types of fruit and wood consumption.
This project is based on rethinking the economic system through a natural connector. The masterplan includes several activities in order to develope local markets. Most of the activities in those areas are related to bio agriculture that includes a biological base. The industry also have a big role on this porpouse that’s why the project adds plots for bio oil in a bigger scale cop, green houses and ecological new farms are always next to the industries in order to take benefits from them.
BIRD OBSERVATORY ECOFRUIT PRODUCTION
ECOLOGICAL MEAT FARM
MEAT SHOP
APICULTURE IINSECT HOTELS
WILD ANIMAL RECOVERY CENTER
LOCAL AGRICULTURE MARKET
LAND USES
PUBLIC ORCHARDS
A new nature development needs water as a natural connector. That’s why the project introduce new salty and fresh wet lands along the way not only for animals but also for planting. A salt marsh has obvius vegetation zones. On the lowest areas, you find salicorn and tussocks of cord-grass. Sea meadow grass grows in the next zone higher up. Sea lavender, sea wormwood, sea purslane, sea aster and salt-marsh sand spurry grow midway up the marsh. This part only floods with salt water during high floods. On the high part of the marsh, you find thrift, red fescue and sea couch. Coastal birds, such as terns, gulls and oystercatchers like to look for a place on the salt marsh to make their nest.
FORMATION CENTER
BUTTERFLY FARM
AQUA AGRICULTURE
NATURE DEVELOPMENT
UR ULT
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MARSHLAND
T BUT
LOCAL INDUSTRY
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ARM F Y L
R ATE W N
BIO FERTILIZER PRODUCTION
TH L PA
MARSHLAND
FOREST IMPLANTATION
SMALL SCALE DEVELOPMENT
PATH ON THE NATURE
CONCLUSION On this project, it has been exposed from the beginning the urgent necessity of transforming the economic system based on the importation and exportation of manufactured products, especially related to the agriculture system that is the base of food production land investments in the Netherlands. The European Union as the rest of the policies knows that this market is going to collapse if we do not find a new sustainable solution for the future of this markets. In Zeeland especially they focus on modern strategies of energy production, bio-agriculture and sustainability that are being really important for the development of the area. It is necessary to change our vision as a consumers instead of leave transformations to the goverments. That is why the strategies in this project are connected especially with human scale, introducing little interventions in a masterplan that could influence in the mentality of the people as a consumers and the way that they are aware of how they are eating, drinking, dressing, consuming,... On this project one of the most important points is the necessity of connecting producers and consumers introducing public productive gardens, greenhouses, social crops and transforming some farms in markets of local products creating at the same time a participative economy of biologic base. This new bio agriculture not only has to be promoted in a productivity way but also its transport and distribution, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why this project also wants to propose a green bike distribution of this local products around the peninsula of Walcheran. Also from the policies is possible to push the local consume establishing a minimum rate of consumption in the touristic complexes in order to stimulate the new local market improving the quality of the food that is served in this places. This is just one of the few interventions that can be useful for the region in the project area but the main strategy has to be understood as a set of interventions in a new masterplan area who has the function of connect the different natures that are today isolated in Walcheren. That is to say that the project is a limited area on the current agricultural land that are connecting and developeing actual types of nature in order to improve the biodiversity of the region, that has been decreasing because of the creation of the Delta Works, at the same time that is adding on itself several interventions that have to be understood in a human scale in order to get a more sustainable situation for the future economical markets. The strategy is just only a begining for Walcheran of the new challenges that European community are studying to find solutions for the imminent future, and it can be a possibility to study other forms of nature growing connecting always humans with the responsibility to change nature conditions.
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CONCLUSION
A SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE FOR THE FUTURE OF ZEELAND