Voluntary urban land readjustment : influencing factors on owner empowerment
Friso de Zeeuw, Johan Groot Nibbelink & Tom Verbruggen
The challenges for spatial planning in the Netherlands have significantly changed during the last years. Until 2008 the focus was on the expansion of urban development. Now, as a consequence of the economic crisis and decreasing demand there is increasing attention for regeneration of existing urban areas. On the other hand more and more small scale, flexible citizen initiatives determine how space is used in the Netherlands. Because of these developments, the Dutch administration is constantly seeking to implement new spatial planning instruments that can deal with flexibility and bottom up initiatives. One of these instruments is urban land readjustment. The instrument makes it possible for owners to voluntary exchange property of land and solve problems which are caused by an inappropriate parcel structure. It is a bottom up approach where land- and real estate owners can work together to find solutions for degrading urban areas. The instrument can for example be used to make city centres more compact and resilient. It is only one of the land policy instruments, and will be most effective in combination with other instruments.
Event: Symposium on Land Consolidation and Readjustment for Sustainable Development
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