Synthesis node value and provision level - state 2022

This synthesis map was created by crossing the total map of the facilities (state 2022) and that of the node value (state 2022). The total map with the provision level and the total map with the node value were each divided into 4 categories on the basis of ‘natural breaks’, according to the Jenks algorithm. These two maps were then crossed into one synthesis map, which ultimately consists of 16 categories of area types. The combination of the node value and the provision level into one synthesis map has also been done on the basis of the ‘natural breaks’ method, which has the great added value of striving for a minimum loss of information when the original data is replaced by a limited number of types. The synthesis map therefore gives the total score based on node value and level of facilities of each 1ha site in the Flemish and Brussels regions in different categories, with reference year 2022. For example, locations can be demarcated that are well equipped with collective transport and in terms of their level of facilities (in purple tones, quadrant A), locations that score below expectations in terms of their level of facilities (in red tones, quadrant B), locations where the supply of collective transport is limited (in blue tones, quadrant C) and locations that score limited on both characteristics (in yellow-brown tones, quadrant D). From the synthesis, locations can be derived with a high development probability based on their provision level or node value. However, it cannot be inferred from this whether there are still opportunities for development in practice. It is possible that there is no longer room available for further developments in, for example, living and working, or that the carrying capacity of an area has already been exceeded so that further compaction is not desirable. This dataset is merely the result of a research study. Despite its high research value, it therefore has no policy value (and certainly no legal value). The Environment department does use this data as input in the elaboration of assessment frameworks for the operationalization of a location policy for spatial development, but many other elements are taken into account in the assessment. More details on the method of creation of the underlying files and of the combination and classification, and for a summary of the legend, can be found, on the one hand, in the final report of the original study (from 2016) that can be found via https://archief.algemeen.omgeving.vlaanderen.be/xmlui/handle/acd/230143 , and, on the other hand, in the additional report that describes the update and (limited) modification of the methodology of the results for condition 2022, in particular "Crols Tomas, Verachtert Els, Poelmans Lien (2024), Development opportunities based on node value and provision level, condition 2022. Technical data sheets, carried out on behalf of the Flemish Environmental Planning Bureau: https://archief.onderzoek.omgeving.vlaanderen.be/OMG_RefVITO_2024_KwVn_…