part, I Introduction
chapter 1 Land, scarcity, and property rights / Thomas Hartmann Jean-David Gerber
chapter 2 Land policy
How to deal with scarcity of land / Jean-David Gerber Andreas Hengstermann François-Xavier Viallon
chapter 3 Instruments of land policy
Four types of intervention / Andreas Hengstermann Thomas Hartmann
part, II Regulating land uses without impacting property rights
chapter 4 Reference land values in Germany
Land policy by market transparency / Winrich Voß Jörn Bannert
chapter A Swedish perspective on reference land values: transparency by tax policy / Thomas Kalbro Leif Norell
chapter A Taiwan perspective on reference land values: the hare and the hedgehogs - chasing real price levels with public market information / Tzuyuan Stessa Chao
chapter 5 Added value capturing in Switzerland
How much is enough? / François-Xavier Viallon
chapter A Dutch perspective on added value capture: how far can you go? / Erwin van der Krabben
chapter A British perspective on added value capture: ups and downs during its history / Janet Askew
chapter 6 Land taxation in Estonia
An efficient instrument of land policy for land scarcity, equity, and ecology / Fabian Thiel Fabian Wenner
chapter A German perspective on land taxation: political inertia and debates on social and distributional aspects / Dirk Löhr
chapter A British perspective on land taxation: politically unpopular / Antonia Layard
part, III Steering land uses through regulation impacting property rights
chapter 7 Negotiated land use plans in the Netherlands
A central instrument in Dutch 'active' and 'passive' land policy / Joost Tennekes
chapter An Austrian perspective on negotiated land use plans: a means for municipalities to mobilise building land / Alois Humer
chapter A Canadian perspective on negotiated land use plans: discretionary zoning in Vancouver / Marko Marskamp
chapter 8 Urban growth boundary in the U.S.
Managing land scarcity in the Portland region / Edward J. Sullivan
chapter A Dutch perspective on urban growth boundaries: from containing to stimulating growth / Leonie Janssen-Jansen Wendy Tan
chapter A German perspective on urban growth boundaries: the answer of comprehensive regional planning / Martin Wickel
chapter 9 Land readjustment in Portugal
Theoretically attractive but eternally postponed in practice / Beatriz Condessa Ana Morais de Sá Joana Almeida José Antunes Ferreira
chapter A German perspective on land readjustment: a proper instrument of modern urban governance for efficient land use / Theo Kötter
chapter A Dutch perspective on land readjustment: low practicability without mandatory legislation / Sanne Holtslag-Broekhof
chapter 10 Building obligations in Switzerland
Overcoming the passivity of plan implementation / Andreas Hengstermann
chapter A German perspective on building obligations: planning professionals try to remember / Michael Kolocek
chapter A U.S. perspective on obligations to build: planning professionals would be shocked / Harvey M. Jacobs
part, IV Redefining property rights to steer land uses
chapter 11 Pre-emption rights in France
Disputes over pre-emptions and the 'land scarcity' / Romain Melot
chapter A Swiss perspective on pre-emption rights: impact without application
Disputes over pre-emptions and the 'land scarcity' / Stéphane Nahrath
chapter A Serbian perspective on pre-emption rights: change that was necessary? / Sofija Nikolić
chapter 12 Tradable development rights in the U.S.
Making zoning flexible through market mechanisms / Thomas Skuzinski Evangeline R. Linkous
chapter An Israeli perspective on TDR: trading for protecting / Nir Mualam
chapter A Canadian perspective on TDR: you call that a 'market'? / Eran S. Kaplinsky
chapter 13 Long-term land leases in France
An instrument to address scarcity of social housing / Sonia Guelton Vincent Le Rouzic
chapter A Swiss perspective on time-limited property rights: strategic use for active land policy / Jean-David Gerber
chapter An Australian perspective on heritable building rights: paramount property rights / Rebecca Leshinsky
part, V Redistributing property rights to steer land uses
chapter 14 Strategic land banking in the Netherlands
Experiencing Dutch dilemmas / Tejo Spit
chapter A British perspective on strategic land banking: critical voices on land banking / Deborah Peel
chapter A U.S. perspective on land banking: just not the American way / Richard K. Norton
chapter 15 Expropriation for urban development purposes in Germany
Consider very carefully before using it / Juliane Albrecht
chapter A Dutch perspective on expropriation: the pragmatic way / Barrie Needham
chapter A U.S. perspective on expropriation: a radically different view / Dan Tarlock
chapter 16 Nationalization of land in Scotland
Private property and the public interest / Greg Lloyd
chapter A Czech perspective on nationalization of land: the post-socialist view / Jirina Jilkova
chapter A Greek perspective on nationalization of land: kilt and fustanella 1 - same principle, different colours / Konstantinos Lalenis
part, VI Conclusion
chapter 17 Planning with or against property rights / Jean-David Gerber Thomas Hartmann Andreas Hengstermann.