Urban Land Readjustment with the Netherlands' Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency
Maartje Lof
In time of crisis governments have great interest in finding solutions for spatial challenges. In Dutch urban areas, vacancy of real estate is an upcoming challenge. Both in retail areas and in business areas vacancy is growing as an undesirable development. Urban readjustment can play a role as alternative to expropriation of real estate. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment prepared a law on voluntary reallotment in urban areas. The proposal for this law will be in Dutch parliament next year. However the proposal lacks a legal ?big stick? for public bodies to work on vacancy problems in urban development. The Netherlands? Cadastre, Land registry and Mapping agency (The Dutch Cadastre) is acknowledged as an expert in the field of urban readjustment, because of its knowledge and experience in land reallotment in rural areas. The situation before reallotment, the situation after reallotment and the transition are all in one hand. That is cost effective. The Dutch Cadastre implemented a strategy to become a partner in urban readjustment. An internal program on urban readjustment coordinates the activities that contribute to this aim. To become a partner in urban land readjustment the Dutch Cadastre has some best practices for a successful strategy.
Event: Symposium on Land Consolidation and Readjustment for Sustainable Development
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