To an area- and function-specific location policy. In the new national spatial strategy is chosen for an integrated approach for location policy. The central government gives, in contrast to the current location policy, only main principles for interpretation of this policy. To translate these general rules and principals to concrete policy on the regional and local level, BRO has developed an instrument. This instrument considers that every location does not have the same level of accessibility, and not every function demands for the same level and of accessibility. The existing infrastructure can be used in an optimum way and the regional and local structure can be reinforced, if the characteristics of the location, the characteristics of the function and the associated mobility characteristics fits to each other. This method is illustrated with an example at the regional level, for the region Drechtsteden. For the implementation of the location-, function-, and mobility profile several instruments and rules exist. For a good interpretation of the location policy on the local level, it is important to bring together this knowledge into a checklist for location policy. (Author/publisher)
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