2011, The Netherlands Commissioned by Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Contact: Roel Vanhout

How do policy measures affect the quality of life? An essential question and subject to debate when not addressed systematically and objectively. Schiphol, the Dutch national airport, has been the topic of discussion for many years because the growth that is possible and demanded from an economic point of view will have its consequences for the neighborhood of the airport.

The purpose of the Schiphol DSS is to develop a prototype spatial decision support system for an area surrounding Schiphol airport. This system allows introducing a number of policy measures and assessing its effect in a large number of spatial indicators. These indicators are presented as a composite health indicators and a composite quality-of-life indicator, each consisting again of a number of indicators that elucidate specific aspects such as noise, safety or NO2 particles per year. In addition the system presents the potential for improvement for the included indicators and for different types (residential) land uses.