Province of Limburg,
The Netherlands
Limburg is
both a Dutch province and a European region
with a highly distinct character. The social
and economic trends which affected the province
in recent decades generated a process of change
and renewal which has enabled Limburg to transform
the drawbacks of its national peripheral location
into advantages inherent in its European settings.
Information: Province of Limburg, The Netherlands
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Area: |
2209 km sq. |
Population: |
1.142.000 |
Population density: |
526 km sq. |
Age distribution: |
|
0-14 years |
13% |
15-64 years |
61% |
>65 years |
26% |
Unemployment:
|
20.300 |
Unemployment
rate: |
4.3% (% of the working population) |
GDP per capita: |
€21016 |
Number
of municipalities: |
48 |
Limburg
-Roermond
Environmental Plan:
Environmental
Plan for Limburg (English)
Provincial
Environmental Plan for Limburg (185k) - French
Provincial
Environmental Plan for Limburg (185k) - German
Useful links:
Nature and Environment
capital
Dutch
Learning
for Sustainable Development (Leren Voor Duurzaamheid)
Environmental
Plan for Limburg
Regional
Energy Centre (Energiebureau Limburg )
Environmental
NGO ( Environmental Protection Society –Stichting
Milieufederatie Limburg, Godweerderstraat 2,
6041 GH Roermond) Regional Sustainable Building
Centre (Dubo centrum Limburg)
Agriculture NGO
(limburgse Land en Tuinbouwbond)
Association
for Environmental Education (Consulentschap
natuur en milieueducatie Limburg)
International
Co-operation centre, division Limburg (centrum
voor internationale samenwerking COS Limburg
)
Regional
Landscape (Limburgs Landschap)
The
Netherlands Society for Nature Conservation
and Environmental Protection (Vereniging Voor
Natuurmonumenten)
Management
of Nature Reserves (Staatsbosbeheer)
Government
Service for Land & Water Management (DLG,
District Landelijk Gebied)
English
Limburg
Tourist Board
National
Sustainable Building Centre
Association
for Environmental Education
National Strategy for Sustainable Development
Social and cultural
capital
Dutch
Symbiose
Economic capital
Dutch
Chamber
of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel)
Regional Business
Organisation (Limburgse organisatie voor Zelfstandige
ondernemers)
Innovative
Network for Small and Medium-Sized Companies
(Syntens)
English
Limburg Development
Company LIOF
Knowledge infrastructure
English
International
Centre for Integrative Studies (e.g. Scientific
Research on Sustainable Development)
Contact:
D r. Harma Albering
Department of Environmental and Water
Policy
POBox 5700
6202 MA Maastricht
T he Netherlands
T + 31 (0)43 3897318
F + 31 (0)43 3897018
hj. albering@prvlimburg.nl
web: www.limburg.nl |
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