Participatory in Process, Inclusive in Outcomes : The PILaR approach to Land Readjustment
Jean du Plessis
In contexts of rapid urbanisation, national and local governments are called upon to provide shelter, housing, services, public infrastructure and safe public spaces. To achieve this requires land. In the absence of available public land, effective mechanisms are needed to acquire it. The two main ways that the authorities can secure the necessary land are to buy on 2 the open market, or through compulsory acquisition (eminent domain, resumption, compulsory purchase, or expropriation). However both are cumbersome and expensive processes ? making it almost impossible for many governments to plan and develop, or redevelop, large areas in a systematic way.
Event: Symposium on Land Consolidation and Readjustment for Sustainable Development
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