although these policies can have a profound effect on urban development there is currently no explicit national urban policy framework in the netherlands with a holistic and strategic focus aimed at enhancing the growth potential of fuas it then focuses on the impact on and the role of regions in the newly created top sector policy the analysis also considers innovation in broader terms examining additional domestic and european policies the presence of several policies with a potential impact at the regional level requires an understanding of the possible complementarities that should be taken into account when designing the policy regional development elsewhere is seen as the responsibility of provinces and municipalities