Land Consolidaton in North Rhine-Westphalia : From Farland to Tripartite
Martina Hunke-Klein & Ralph Merten
The EU-FARLAND project compared the strategy and instruments of 7 European countries for facing the challenges to protect nature and environment in densely populated areas with the interaction of modern agricultural and forestal use of land. The collaboration lead to results: several countries revised their approach, laws and procedures in the following years. NRW did not revise the legal tool box : a wide range of land consolidation procedures - from integrated to very focused targets - are available. A cost-benefit analysis is developed and used as a guideline in the preparation of a specific procedure for large infrastructure. New tasks emerge in the wake of European initiatives as the European ecological network (Natura 2000) or the Water framework directive. The self-evident modern participatory approach, the evolution of modern farming, diminishing land mobility and rising prices challenge the existing tools. Long-lasting, expensive procedures with a wide range of topics are refused, whereas the acquisition of exchange land needs time. Development plans with planar target areas often miss the urgency of linear plans. Considering the resemblance of spatial, geographical and socio-economic contexts, the public administrations of land consolidation of the Netherlands, Flanders (Belgium) and North Rhine-Westphalia stayed in contact until now. The Tripartite Cooperation is to be continued even after dissolution of the Dutch DLG in 2015, as the now responsible Dutch provinces and the Wallonian part of Belgium show interest and commitment.
Event: Symposium on Land Consolidation and Readjustment for Sustainable Development
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