A Coalition of the Willing: Urban Land Readjustment as a Novel Approach for Sustainable Area Development
Lara BRAND Bert HOEVE
Netherlands’ Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency
The Dutch have a rich tradition in land readjustment but have put this principle only into
practice in rural areas. Urban land readjustment is expected to be a potential effective strategy
and is now being elaborated in new legislation. In anticipation of this new legislation a national
pilot program for urban land readjustment (NPULR) was executed in the Netherlands. Over 2,5 years fourteen pilot projects were stimulated and analysed for the NPULR to draw lessons about the new instruments potential, and to promote its active use. Lessons learned from the program
can be used to improve legislation. Nearing the end of the program in April 2019 none of the pilot projects have reached the multi-party agreement that is the formal pinnacle of the ULR process. This apparent lack of success can be partly explained by the character of urban area development, and the time that is needed to get used to changing relations between public and private parties. Though it is too
soon to draw final conclusions on the draft legislation for ULR observations can be made on
its effectiveness. That seems to be suboptimal due to a lack of concrete organization track and
clear incentives for private parties.
Event: FIG WW 2019 Hanoi
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