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[-] cartmancarter@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

So is the largest contributor to the problem just lack of land? Seems like most of the other problems from the article can be solved with money, but a lack of land makes it hard to build anything

[-] jochem@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

I once calculated that if we reduce the land use for livestock by 50% and then use 10% of the newly freed land to build housing (the other 40% can become nature), we can build a city something like 1.5x times the size of Amsterdam, the largest city in the Netherlands.

It's not a lack of land. It's how the land is being used. Almost half is for livestock (or more accurate: to dump the shit of that livestock, as the majority of the animals is kept indoors).

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is the land the livestock are currently using capable of supporting dense housing and is it close to urban cores. Or would you just build sky scrapers in the middle of nowhere, because China tried that and it failed.

[-] rbhfd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Anything in the Netherlands is close to an urban core.

They also have centuries of experience on building on lands that shouldn't be capable of supporting dense housing. Amsterdam used to be a literal swamp as well (I'm not making any statements on its current status).

[-] rsn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Haha I like your disclaimer, as it was indeed very inviting to reply with a “still a swamp” :)

[-] Blamemeta@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

So less food, more people? Have you heard the term "famine" before?

[-] rbhfd@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

The Netherlands exports an enormous amount of meat currently. It's the largest exporter of meat of any EU country. They export 60% of the meat they produce. So yeah, they would be fine.

The Netherlands is currently really suffering from nitrogen pollution, in a big part because of the meat industry. So it would also be a great improvement for the environment to reduce the meat production.

Having such a big part of the European meat production localized in one of the most populated regions in the EU is just a recipe for disaster.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Livestock are incredibly inefficient at producing food. If you use a small fraction of the land to grow crops there will be plenty to eat.

[-] rsn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Less food”? What are you talking about? Most of the land used for livestock is for exported meat. Also, meat is an incredibly unsustainable source of food.

[-] Dohnakun@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Not up to the news of lab-grown meat.

[-] Wander@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

map of land usage in the netherlands

See those red dots? Thats where people live. See the vast vast light green background? Thats agrictulture.

[-] __lb__@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

I think the three biggest contributors are:

  • immigration
  • nitrogen crisis not allowing to have as many houses built as we need
  • seniors living at home longer instead of going to a nursing home
[-] Wander@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

The biggest contributor is the massive amounts of land being used for producing meat, which is then exported to other countries

[-] Zoldyck@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] cyd@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

More land can be "created" just by building taller.

[-] Ronno@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Nope, our spoil isn’t dense enough for it. We cannot build higher then what you see in Rotterdam, because the building would just fall over

[-] motorwerks@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Hold the phone... Are you saying there is no bedrock in the Netherlands?

[-] I_hate_you_welcome@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Not in the part that’s under sea level. Can’t have basements there either

[-] cyd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What does being under sea level have to do with bedrock? Bedrock exists under the sea too.

[-] I_hate_you_welcome@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Can’t have a basement though

[-] Ronno@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Not sure if there isnt any, but I know most of it is soft. It is the reason why Amsterdam and Rotterdam cannot have a skyline like New York, which has unique properties that allows the Americans to build that high

[-] __lb__@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

Lack of land

The Dutch: hold my beer

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Global warming: Hold my beer.

[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Global warming just means we finally have a reason to make higher dykes, our favorite hobby.

[-] Rob@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It doesn’t help, but there are a few factors that are more limiting right now. Labour shortage is one, as are nitrogen emissions. A lot of developers also find the current building costs too high.

There are plenty of plots that can be built on, with all of the paperwork good to go.

[-] lasagna@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Give this a watch, we most certainly do not lack land.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B8kyrIQCFXQ

Tldr: France could house the entire world in sustainable housing.

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