Planning, Law and Economics: The Rules We Make for Using Land

Planning, Law and Economics: The Rules We Make for Using Land
ISBN-10
1134288921
ISBN-13
9781134288922
Category
Architecture
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
2006-09-27
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Barrie Needham

Description

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.

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