IIn 1988 the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment introduced an experiment in ten regions of the Netherlands that contended with complex problems in the area of spatial planning and environment. The experiment came to be known as the ROM approach (ROM is the acronym of the Dutch initials for Spatial Planning and Environment). It encompasses an area-focused approach and integration of spatial planning issues and environmental policy, on a regional scale. The combined action of different parties and the connection between diverse policy fields is characteristic to the new approach. Its goal is to tackle, more effectively, complex regional problems and thus improve the spatial quality and use of those regions.

ROM-Rijnmond

ROM-Rijnmond is one of ten designated ROM regions, along with Zuid-Oost Friesland, Drentsche Aa, Gelderse Vallei, IJmeer, Schiphol, Het Groene Hart, Kanaalzone Zeeuws Vlaanderen, Brabants-Limburgse Peel and Mergelland. In the Rijnmond region, tensions between the economy and the environment have existed for many years, as the growing port industry and the Rijnmond urban area often have conflicting interests. This is why in 1993 the Rijnmond Spatial Planning and Environment Covenant was signed. Signatories to the ROM-Rijnmond covenant were the Province of Zuid-Holland, the four ministries concerned (Economic Affairs; Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment; Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries; Transport, Public Works and Water Management) the Rotterdam Metropolitan Region, all seventeen municipalities involved, the Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce, and Deltalinqs (representing the port companies). Each subscribed to the further economic development of the region, but linked to an improvement in the quality of the environment. The implementation of the covenant is carried out through a large number of projects, of which the most well-known are the development of the second Maasvlakte to extend port area, the restructuring of the right bank of the Maas river, and the Green Accord.

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	The ROM initiative
	IIn 1988 the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment introduced an experiment in ten regions of the Netherlands that contended with complex problems in the area of spatial planning and environment. The experiment came to be known as the ROM approach (ROM is the acronym of the Dutch initials for Spatial Planning and Environment). It encompasses an area-focused approach and integration of spatial planning issues and environmental policy, on a regional scale. The combined action of different parties and the connection between diverse policy fields is characteristic to the new approach. Its goal is to tackle, more effectively, complex regional problems and thus improve the spatial quality and use of those regions. ROM-Rijnmond ROM-Rijnmond is one of ten designated ROM regions, along with Zuid-Oost Friesland, Drentsche Aa, Gelderse Vallei, IJmeer, Schiphol, Het Groene Hart, Kanaalzone Zeeuws Vlaanderen, Brabants-Limburgse Peel and Mergelland. In the Rijnmond region, tensions between the economy and the environment have existed for many years, as the growing port industry and the Rijnmond urban area often have conflicting interests. This is why in 1993 the Rijnmond Spatial Planning and Environment Covenant was signed. Signatories to the ROM-Rijnmond covenant were the Province of Zuid-Holland, the four ministries concerned (Economic Affairs; Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment; Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries; Transport, Public Works and Water Management) the Rotterdam Metropolitan Region, all seventeen municipalities involved, the Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce, and Deltalinqs (representing the port companies). Each subscribed to the further economic development of the region, but linked to an improvement in the quality of the environment. The implementation of the covenant is carried out through a large number of projects, of which the most well-known are the development of the second Maasvlakte to extend port area, the restructuring of the right bank of the Maas river, and the Green Accord. to top

The ROM initiative

ROM-Rijnmond