TRACK 03: LAW

When grounded in laws and regulations, spatial planning intervenes in the allocation and distribution of land and development. It thereby intervenes to a lesser or greater extent in private property rights or market expectations, from regulating what may or may not be built on specific parcels of land down to outright expropriation. Research questions range from procedural-administrative processes, through substantive planning goals and their expression in land use regulation, and all the way into the global environmental arena. Can the laws and institutions that govern planning meet the challenges posed by climate change, sustainability, demographic changes and increasing economic and political uncertainties?

This track aims to provide a platform for sharing research on any topic that connects planning and law with property rights. Examples of topic areas: 

• Statutory (regulatory) planning systems and instruments: What are the challenges within a given country, or comparatively.
• Governance structures and procedures: How does planning law structure the relationships between central governmental control, local government, markets, and non-governmental organisations?
• Legitimacy of planning interventions: How does the law frame public participation, stakeholder involvement, lobbyism, and dispute resolution;
• Regulatory instruments of spatial planning: How well do instruments work, such as local statutory plans, land use plans, building permits, expropriation, compensation,
• regulation of agricultural land, open space and natural resources, heritage-building regulation,
• Land value capture through agreements with developers, developer obligations, land readjustment, taxation of land values (betterment tax, etc.), transfer of development rights, expropriation, compensation,
• Theory of property rights: How to deal with tensions between public and private rights and responsibilities (i.e. with land for public services, customary collective or private rights).
• How can planning law contribute to the environment and climate change challenges: Sobriety (frugal use of land) for the compact city, permeability of the soil, cleaning of contaminated land, etc.?

Contributions may look at the general theory of planning and law or investigate particular issues, focusing either on a particular country or cross-nationally. Since legal and planning systems vary greatly from country to country, authors should make the terms they use as transparent as possible.

Keywords:  Spatial planning law, land use; land policy, property rights, housing regulations, development control, participation in planning procedures; governance of spatial planning; land-value capture; frugal use of land resources 

1. Knut Boge: Government Agencies’ Objections To Municipal Land-Use Plans
2. Ines Calor: Land Readjustment In Braga Municipality - Looking Into The Future, Learning From The Past
3. Laura Mato Julcamoro: Enhancing Urban Development Through Legal And Land Readjustment Amendments: Identifying German Urban District Requirements
4. Andreas Schulze Baing: From Discretion To Selective Regulation – The Case Of English Land Use Planning
5. Fulvio Adobati, et al: Operational landscapes of logistics and evidence for governing spatial effects
6. Numan Kilinç: Exploring urban resilience from the perspective of plan changes: The case of Istanbul
7. Carolina Giaimo: Principles and rules for spatial planning governance and government in Italy

1. Solal Lambert-Aouizerat: The Twists And Turns Of Planning Permission: Questioning The Management Of Diffuse Urban Development In French Metropolises
2. David Kaufmann: The Implementation Of Urban Densification: A Spatial-Temporal Analysis Of Local Densification Projects In Swiss Cities
3. Linlin Dai: Multi-Planning Integration: Construction And Progress Of China's National Territory Spatial Planning System
4. Sara Benkirane: Navigating Complexity: Exploring Land Planning And Management Challenges In Morocco
5. Emil Israel: Planning for cultural justice: Equality and cultural supply in the metropolitan space

1. Liat Eisen et al: Privately Owned Public Spaces As A Challenge To Public Transparency
2. Nikita John: Finding Meaning In Invited Spaces: An Analysis Of Institutionalised Participatory Processes In Infrastructure Planning In The National Capital Territory Of Delhi, India
3. Efrat Aviram Vas: What Do We Know About Cooperative Housing: Comparative Analysis Of The Legal Frameworks In Five Countries
4. Mee Kam Ng: Planning Standards, Spatial Justice, Sense Of Place And Subjective Well-Being: Comparing Five Sub-Regions In Hong Kong
5. Zhiyu Pang: A Framework For Analyzing Physical Form Outcomes Of Value Capture Paths Of Regeneration Projects In Residential Historic Areas

1. Thomas Aguilera, Francesca Artioli, Claire Colomb: Digital Platforms As Game Changers In Urban Planning And Governance? The Contentious Regulation Of Short-Term Rentals In European Cities And Its Judicialization
2. Lina Irscheid: AI At The Crossroads Of Climate Adaptation: Navigating Legal, Technical, And Ethical Challenges In Municipal Planning
3. Juliette Maulat: How Land-Based Financing Tools Are Reshaping Land Acquisition Practices In The Expansion Of Public Infrastructure: The Case Of The Grand Paris Express
4. Ani Landau-Ward: Grappling With Global Land Administration’s Technologies: From The ‘Stuff Of Bits’ To Sites Of Jurisdictional Encounter

1. Keang Sood Teo: Collective Sales As A Legal Means Of Singapore’S Urban Planning Policy: The Legal Framework, Issues And Solutions
2. Li Wang: Can Transferable Development Rights Be Applied In The Chinese Context? — A Comparative Study Between China And The United States
3. Aparna Soni: The Land Policy Race In India
4. Eva Löfgren: If Court Is Not A Place
5. Carolina Giaimo: Principles and Rules for Spatial Planning Governance and Government in Italy

1. Chenli Qian: A Comparative Study On Zoning Guidelines For Different Planning Types In China
2. Pieter Jong: Spatial Planning To Improve The Liveability Of Rural Areas: A Case From The Netherlands
3. Rachelle Alterman, et al: Illegal Development In Coastal Zones – An International Comparative Perspective Of Countries In The Global North
4. Alexander Stanley: Environmental And Planning Laws For Deeply Uncertain Climate Futures: Are Recent Us And Eu Law Reforms Fit For Purpose?
5. Inès Delepine: Managing and Developing Railway Land in the face of Ecological Challenges: Analysing the Implementation of Railway Easement Regulations in France
6. Edward Sullivan: New Directions In American Planning And Land Use Regulation