Agricultural Area Plus Zoning Map for Drenthe, Netherlands (2014)

A 2014 zoning map adopted by the Provincial Staten van Drenthe on 2 July 2014. The dataset delineates 'plus' areas where agricultural activities, including scaling up and more industrialized forms, are permitted and preferred for farm relocation. It was published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark license.

Use Cases

• Analyze land-use policy for agricultural intensification based on the designated 'plus' areas.
• Model potential locations for farm relocation based on the described zoning preferences.
• Assess regional agricultural system robustness based on the map's inclusion in a 'Robust agricultural system' context.

Strengths

• Specific adoption date (2 July 2014) and governing body (Provincial Staten van Drenthe) are documented.
• Clear policy purpose for the zones is described, allowing for contextual analysis.
• Published under a permissive public domain license (CC-PDM-1.0).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Likely a policy document and map produced for provincial spatial planning.

Time Range

2014

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Province of Drenthe, Netherlands