CONTENTS
Foreword x
Rachelle Alterman
Preface xi
PART I
Introduction 1
1 Land, scarcity, and property rights
Thomas Hartmann
Jean-David Gerber
2 Land policy - how to deal with scarcity of land
Jean-David Gerber
Andreas Hengstermann
Francois-Xavier Viallon
3 Instruments of land policy - four types of intervention
Andreas Hengstermann
Thomas Hartmann
PART II REGULATING LAND USES WITHOUT IMPACTING PROPERTY RIGHTS 33
4 Reference land values in Germany: Land policy by market transparency
Winrich Voss
Joern Bannert
A Swedish perspective on reference land values: Transparency by tax policy
Thomas Kalbro
Leif Norell
A Taiwan perspective on reference land values: The hare and the hedgehogs - chasing real price levels with public market information
Tzuyuan Stessa Chao
5 Added value capturing in Switzerland: How much is enough?
Francois-Xavier Viallon
A Dutch perspective on added value capture: How far can you go?
Erwin van der Krabben
A British perspective on added value capture: Ups and downs during its history
Janet Askew
6 Land taxation in Estonia: An efficient instrument of land policy for land scarcity, equity, and ecology
Fabian Thiel
Fabian Wenner
A German perspective on land taxation: Political inertia and debates on social and distributional aspects
Dirk Loehr
A British perspective on land taxation: Politically unpopular
Antonia Layard
PART III STEERING LAND USES THROUGH REGULATION IMPACTING PROPERTY RIGHTS 99
7 Negotiated land use plans in the Netherlands: A central instrument in Dutch `active' and `passive' land policy
Joost Tennekes
An Austrian perspective on negotiated land use plans: A means for municipalities to mobilise building land
Alois Humer
A Canadian perspective on negotiated land use plans: Discretionary zoning in Vancouver
Marko Marskamp
8 Urban growth boundary in the USA: Managing land scarcity in the Portland region
Edward J. Sullivan
A Dutch perspective on urban growth boundaries: From containing to stimulating growth
Leonie Janssen-Jansen
Wendy Tan
A German perspective on urban growth boundaries: The answer of comprehensive regional planning
Martin Wickel
9 Land readjustment in Portugal: Theoretically attractive but eternally postponed in practice
Beatriz Condessa
Ana Morais de Sa
Joana Almeida
Jose Antunes Ferreira
A German perspective on land readjustment: A proper instrument of modern urban governance for efficient land use
Theo Koetter
A Dutch perspective on land readjustment: Not very practical for planner's paradise
Sanne Holtslag-Broekhof
10 Building obligations in Switzerland: Overcoming the passivity of plan implementation
Andreas Hengstermann
A German perspective on building obligations: Planning professionals try to remember
Michael Kolocek
A US-American perspective on obligations to build: Planning professionals would be shocked
Harvey M. Jacobs
PART IV REDEFINING PROPERTY RIGHTS TO STEER LAND USES 197
11 Pre-emption rights in France: Disputes over pre-emptions and the `land scarcity'
Melot Romain
A Swiss perspective on pre-emption rights: Impact without application
Stephane Nahrath
A Serbian perspective on pre-emption rights: Change that was necessary?
Sofija Nikolic
12 Tradable development rights in the US: Making zoning flexible through market mechanisms
Thomas Skuzinski
Evangeline Linkous
An Israelian perspective on TDR: Trading for protecting
Nir Mualam
A Canadian Perspective on TDR: You call that a "market"?
Eran S. Kaplinsky
13 Long-term land leases in France: An instrument to address scarcity of social housing
Sonia Guelton
Vincent Le Rouzic
A Swiss perspective on time-limited property rights: Strategic use for active land policy
Jean-David Gerber
An Australian perspective on heritable building rights: Paramount property rights
Rebecca Leshinsky
PART V REDISTRIBUTING PROPERTY RIGHTS TO STEER LAND USES 269
14 Strategic land banking in the Netherlands: Experiencing Dutch dilemmas
Tejo Spit
A British perspective on strategic land banking: Critical voices on land banking
Deborah Peel
A U.S. American Perspective on land banking: Just not the American way
Richard K. Norton
15 Expropriation for urban development purposes in German: Consider very carefully before using it
Juliane Albrecht
A Dutch perspective on expropriation: The pragmatic way
Barrie Needham
A U.S. American perspective on expropriation: A radically different view
Dan Tarlock
16 Nationalization of land in Scotland: Private property and the public interest
Greg Lloyd
A Czech perspective on nationalization of land: The post-socialist view
Jirina Jilkova
A Greek perspective on nationalization of land: Kilt and fustanella - same principle, different colours
Konstantinos Lalenis
PART VI Conclusion 335
17 Planning with or against property rights
Jean-David Gerber
Thomas Hartmann
Andreas Hengstermann