ABSTRACT

The directorate for strategic planning in the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) has coordinated and prepared a series of National Environmental Policy Plans — NEPP (1989); NEPP+ (1990); NEPP2 (1993). During the NEPP’s preparation, the government’s National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection produced an influential report, Concern for Tomorrow (RIVM, 1989), which assessed the state of the environment and connected this with the ultimate goals needed for a sustainable future in the Netherlands.