Open Space - Flanders - state 2019

This map gives an indication for each 10m cell within the Flemish Region whether or not it belongs to the open space, and this for reference year 2019. The concept of ‘open space’ is defined here as, on the one hand, areas that are located outside the cores and that are not occupied by land take, and, on the other hand, the undeveloped parts of parks, golf courses and other recreation (as forms of land use that do form part of the land take). In order to give concrete expression to this definition, the Flanders Land Use Database, the Spatial Planning Database and the Cores were used as basic databases. First, the total territory of Flanders was reduced with the nuclei and with the take-up of space outside the nuclei. Finally, the undeveloped parts of the parks and recreation areas located outside the cores were added back to the open space. In this way, this map includes the large undeveloped agricultural, nature, forest, park and recreational areas of Flanders, located outside the cores. These are intersected with infrastructures and fragmented by all kinds of buildings (private homes, agricultural homes, sheds, commercial buildings, ...) and the associated plots and gardens that do not belong to the open space. For more details on the method used to allocate land use to open space, please refer to the technical report 'Land use and land take in Flanders, state 2019' which can be found at https://archief-algemeen.omgeving.vlaanderen.be/xmlui/handle/acd/449392