Organisation: Liesbet Thewissen in collaboration with Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg and Provincie Limburg

Date: 2012 - present

Study: This study is the first part of an extensive research into ribbon developments in the province of Limburg (BE). By studying the growth of the human settlements (1844, 1960, 2005) in three different regions and by overlaying it with maps displaying different spatial themes (topography, rivers and streams, road hierarchy, zoning plans, ...), it tries to reveal the similarities and differences between those three regions and the mechanisms that drove this type of urban sprawl.