Dutch Landscape Monitor: Change in Buildings Over Time

The Building indicator analyses the presence of built-up objects in the Dutch cultural landscape over the years. It is one of six indicators in the Landscape Monitor developed by the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Kadaster, LandschappenNL, and Wageningen University & Research for three ministries. The data is provided under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Tracking urbanization and building density changes based on the indicator's focus on built-up objects.
• Analyzing cultural landscape evolution based on the monitor's stated purpose.
• Correlating building changes with other landscape factors like land use and greenery based on the six-indicator framework.
• Informing spatial planning and heritage policy based on the dataset's institutional origin.

Strengths

• Developed by multiple authoritative Dutch institutions including a national heritage agency and a university.
• Part of a structured monitoring framework with six defined landscape indicators.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Het Kadaster, LandschappenNL, Wageningen University & Research

Collection Method

Developed as part of the Landscape Monitor project.

Time Range

null

Freshness

null

Geography

Netherlands