21st Century (2000–present)

Schiphol Area Development (SADC) Strategy

2010s · Netherlands · Western & Central Europe · Innovation districts, knowledge corridors, and economic clustering · Planned by SADC/municipalities
Planning map of the SADC strategy area: internationally oriented office locations, business parks and mixed sites ringing Schiphol, from Schiphol Trade Park and Schiphol Logistics Park to Zuidas.
Planning map of the SADC strategy area: internationally oriented office locations, business parks and mixed sites ringing Schiphol, from Schiphol Trade Park and Schiphol Logistics Park to Zuidas. · © Provincie Noord-Holland — used with credit · Provincie Noord-Holland (Sector Kennis en Beleidsevaluatie), 'Visie provincie Noord-Holland op deelneming SADC', Bijlage 3 – De Schipholregio

Core idea

Airport-edge logistics/innovation clusters

Why it matters

Coordinated airport-region land-use

Description

A strategy of the 2010s by the Schiphol Area Development Company (SADC), a joint venture of Amsterdam, Haarlemmermeer, Schiphol Airport and the province of Noord-Holland, for the lands around Amsterdam's main airport. The strategy coordinates a string of business estates and logistics and innovation clusters at the airport's edges, managing scarce land, noise-contour constraints and accessibility so that airport-linked development supports rather than sprawls across the region.

Significance

The SADC strategy is a mature European example of airport-region governance, treating the airport and its hinterland as a single planning object — an idea associated with 'airport city' and aerotropolis debates. Its joint public ownership model is noted as a way of disciplining competition between municipalities for airport-related investment.

What shaped it

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