Instruments of Land Policy

I Preface Foreword Rachelle Alterman Preface II Introduction 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 III REGULATING LAND USES WITHOUT IMPACTING PROPERTY RIGHTS 4 Reference land values in Germany: Land policy by market transparency Winrich Voss Jorn 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 Lohr A British perspective on land taxation: Politically unpopular Antonia Layard IV STEERING LAND USES THROUGH REGULATION IMPACTING PROPERTY RIGHTS 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 Kotter 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 V REDEFINING PROPERTY RIGHTS TO STEER LAND USES 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

ã VI REDISTRIBUTING PROPERTY RIGHTS TO STEER LAND USES 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 VI Conclusion 17 Planning with or against property rights Jean-David Gerber Thomas Hartmann Andreas Hengstermann