Planning, Law And Economics : An Investigation of the Rules we Make for Using Land

Needham, Barrie

ISBN 10: 0415343747 / ISBN 13: 9780415343749

Published by Routledge, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Planning, Law And Economics : An Investigation of the Rules we Make for Using Land
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415343747
• ISBN 13: 9780415343749
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

What rights does the state have over privately owned land? Why should some landowners be favoured over others? How can the practice of land-use planning be improved?

This book addresses these essential questions and shows that the interests people have in property rights over land and buildings are not just emotional but often financial too. It follows that the law, which affects who has property rights, what those rights are and how they may be used, can have great financial consequences for people and great economic consequences for society in general.

For those reasons, looking at land-use planning as it affects and is affected by property rights illuminates some core aspects of land-use planning, including the law, economics, ethics and ideology. In this book, Needham examines those aspects from the clear perspective of property rights.

About the Author

Barrie Needham is Professor of Spatial Planning at the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.