This report provides an overview of spatial and land-use planning systems across the OECD. It contains country fact sheets that focus on formal aspects of planning systems, as they are defined by laws and regulations. The country fact sheets describe the responsibilities of each level of...

Land use and resource issues in the new West -- Development patterns and prototypes -- A geographic land use digest -- Convergent problems, divergent solutions -- The takings issue as a challenge to growth management -- A rational model for comprehensive land use planning

In this paper we provide evidence of segmentation of the Dutch land markets by spatial planning into three compartments referring to agricultural, industrial and residential use. We analyze transactions of ready-to-be developed land provided by the Dutch Land Register (Kadaster) and find that...