Leveraging land to enable urban transformation : lessons from global experience, Vol. 1 of 1

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Leveraging land to enable urban transformation : lessons from global experience

Author:	Lozano-Gracia, Nancy; Young, Cheryl; Lall, Somik V.; Vishwanath, Tara;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6312
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2013/01/14
Document Date:	2013/01/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS6312	SubTopics:	Urban Governance and Management; Regional Governance; Public Sector Management and Reform; Municipal Financial Management; Public Sector Economics
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: Around the world, in both developed and developing countries, policy makers use a variety of tools to manage and accommodate urban growth and redevelopment. Government officials have three main concerns in terms of land policy: (i) accommodating urban expansion, (ii) providing infrastructure, and (iii) managing density. Together, the planning for infrastructure and urban expansion, land use, and density policies combine to shape the spatial structure of cities. This paper reviews global experience on using land based instruments to accommodate urban development and financing infrastructure. The review suggests that urban transformation is most efficient when land markets are fluid, particularly when they are grounded in strong institutions that (i) assign and protect property rights, (ii) enable independent valuation and public dissemination of land values across uses, and (iii) enable the judicial system to handle disputes that may arise in the process.


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