Housing price, land supply, and revenue from land sales
Government intervention ; Hong Kong ; Housing ; Housing cost ; Housing market ; Land ; Land market ; Real estate development ; Urban planning
The A. shows that there is no causal relationship between land supply and housing prices. Estimations based on the annual data of Hong Kong's public land sales find that the government acts to maximise land revenue. Maximisation of revenue from land
sales is consistent with the efficient allocation of resources. The A. also shows that the amount of land sales by the government and land in developers' land banks tend to decrease when market interest rates increase. Land banking behaviour is governed
The price of land for housing in Trinidad : the role of regulatory constraints and implications for affordability
Housing ; Land ; Land development ; Land market ; Land value ; Market regulation ; Trinidad and Tobago ; Urban development
The paper argues that affordability of land and housing ownership is largely affected by cumbersome land transfer processes and an uncertain building permit approval process. By using Dowall's land market assessment methodology, the paper examines
land price changes and land conversion patterns in the East-West Corridor region between 1989 and 1993. An examination of institutional and regulatory constraints suggests that land prices are likely to increase in the future when demand conditions
Urban land use transformation and determinants of urban land use size in China
China ; Economic reform ; Land ; Land rent ; Land use ; Spatial allocation ; Town ; Urban development
An overview of the problems in urban land use and the impacts of economic reforms and planning policies on rapid urban land expansion and structural transformation is outlined. Statistical analyses reveal determinants of urban land size. This use
has been improved, and the size is related to urban reforms, land use adjustment, as well as to population growth and economic development.
The differential incidence of an urban land tax depends on the travel intensities of substitutes for lands
Land ; Land rent ; Land value ; Taxation system ; Town
This note shows that, in order to impose any burden on consumers, the urban land tax needs to be supplemented by planning controls to prevent consumers on the urban margin shifting to the rural area in order to escape the tax.
Land transaction and following land use change in the central area of Nagano City, Japan
Honshu ; Inner city ; Japan ; Land use
This paper aims to examine the spatial distribution of traded land and the land use pattern before and after land transaction. The author analyzed this theme in Nagano City. - (KA)
A computer-based land resource information system. A geographical contribution to land use planning
Géographie humaine ; Land Capability Classification ; Land Resource Information System ; Royaume-Uni ; Scotland ; Système d'information ; Urbanisme ; Utilisation du sol
Patenting an arid frontier : use and abuse of the public land laws in Owens Valley, California
Arid lands ; California ; Farming ; Historical geography ; Land improvement ; Land policy ; Land register;Cadastral survey ; Land speculation ; Land;Real estate ; Settlement ; United States
Five nineteenth-century policies for alienating the federal public domain only partially fulfilled their objectives when applied in the arid setting of Owens Valley. Public land policies were adequate for settling the well-watered north end
, but unsuccessfull in reclaiming the irrigable lands of the vast southern arid stretches.
Recent development of land use in China in Land use in China.
Cultivated land is mainly used for growing staple foods. Factors exerting influence on land use are : the traditional Chinese way of intensive land use, population pressure as well as economic situation. The structure of recent developments of land
use exhibits altitudinal agricultural land use, intercropping of crops and trees, two-tier and multi-tier land use.
Modelling land redistribution potential in Limpopo, South Africa
Agricultural land use ; Automated mapping ; Information system ; Land ; Land redistribution ; Land reform ; Landed property ; Limpopo ; Modelling ; South Africa
Land reform remains high on South Africa’s list of national priorities, but the results since 1994 have been meagre. One key issue that often stymies well-meaning reform minded institutions, bureaucrats, activists and land owners is a lack
of information on the land itself. A set of geo-spatial technologies are recommended to overcome this problem. - (AJC)
The Norwegian area frame survey of land cover and outfield land resources
Land use ; Methodology ; Norway ; Sampling ; Survey ; Vegetation
The Norwegian area frame survey of land cover and outfield land resources is a response to the demand for reliable informations about land cover and land resources. It constitues a baseline for studying changes in outfield land resources. It uses
Land pricing mechanisms for sustainable agricultural land use planning in Ukraine
Agricultural land use ; Agricultural policy ; Land ; Land use ; Methodology ; Planning ; Price ; Ukraine ; Welfare
Agricultural land market development is among the top priorities for state agrarian policy in the Ukraine. land lease rates play an essential role in guiding land allocation, improving land use efficiency, determining rural welfare. Thus, fair lease
rents a key question of land market reform in the Ukraine. In this paper, we develop a metodology for land lease evaluation. It estimates minimum and maximum fair conditions both - for the lessors and the lessees. The proposed methodology is a new
conceptual approach for agricultural land pricing in Ukraine. - (BJ).
Land holding and the development of residential land in Reservoir Hills.
Paper describes investigation into land holding practices and the development of residential land in an Indian Suburb of metropolitan Durban. The common belief that land speculators are responsible for large underdeveloped areas is shown
Some fundamental issues in land and land-use planning in Nigeria
In a country where the socio-economic system is rapidly being transformed and the development is fast, it is urgently necessary to study the present land resources, and land tenure system and to collect data on the quality of the land in different
Suitability analysis of land use records of agricultural and forest land for detecting land use change on the case of the Pomurska Statistical Region
Agriculture ; Agroforestry ; Data ; Land use ; Monitoring ; Mura statistical region ; Rural area ; Slovenia ; The 2000's
The article presents the results of suitability analysis of agricultural and forestal land use records for the monitoring of land use change in Slovenia. Since the metadata of land use datasets are of crucial importance, the article exposes
the changing criteria for land use data acquisition. It also analyses land use change in the Pomurska Statistical Region in the period 2002–2011. The main objective was to verify the quality of used datasets for the critical and correct interpretation
Interrelationships between land abandonment and land degradation: a case from the Ecuadorian Andes
Andes ; Ecuador ; Experimentation ; Fallow land ; Land use ; Mountain ; Pastureland ; Rainfall simulation ; Rill wash ; Soil degradation ; Soil erosion ; Tropical zone
Further evidence provided of land degradation resulting from land abandonment in the Ecuadorian Andes where runoff and erosion rates are significantly higher than those of lands under cultivation. - (DWG)
Land use and landscape change in the Colorado mountains. I. Theory, scale, and pattern
Colorado ; Land ; Land development ; Land use ; Landscape ; Mountain ; Regional development ; Rocky Mountains ; Rural planning ; United States of America
Residential and commercial land development in Colorado is examined at three scales: regional (net-like pattern of private lands), landscape (spread of ranchettes), and site (e.g. building on ridge tops). This development is now driven by services
, recreation and the information businesses. More than in the past, the current activities fragment land ownership and disturb nearby land set aside as wild. - (DWG)
The impact of state land-use controls on residential land values
The AA. examine the effects of state land-use controls on the aggregate demand and supply of residential land. They estimate a-three-equation interjuridictional supply-demand model of land-use controls. Land-use regulations have a significant impact
on both the demand and supply of residential land as expected.
Land use change and its corresponding ecological responses : a review
Biodiversity ; China ; Ecology ; Impact ; Land use ; Model ; Soil properties ; Sustainable development ; Water quality
Providing a scientific understanding of the process of land use change, the impacts of different land use decisions, and the ways that decisions are affected by a changing environment and increasing ecological variability are the priority areas
for research : explanation of scale dependency of drivers of land use change; quantification of driving factors of land use change; incorporation of biophysical feedbacks in land use change models; and underlying processes and mechanisms of ecological impacts