Planning-related land value changes for explaining instruments of compensation and value capture in Switzerland

Hengstermann, Andreas; Götze, Vera (2023). Planning-related land value changes for explaining instruments of compensation and value capture in Switzerland. Land use policy, 132, p. 106826. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106826

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As a public policy, planning seeks to achieve politically defined policy objectives such as sustainable spatial development. To effectively attain these objectives, it is essential to consider the impact of planning decisions on land values. A comprehensive understanding of the connection between planning and land values is imperative for making well-informed choices regarding the management of land use and spatial development sustainably and responsibly. While instruments of planning law are intensively debated within the planning community, their implicit effects on land values are rarely considered. This study contributes to the field by demonstrating the crucial connection between planning-induced land value changes and value capture instruments in Switzerland. Our analysis shows significant value changes in the planning process. It connects these to redistributive instruments of the Swiss planning regime, which come into play to compensate for disproportionate planning-induced advantages or disadvantages of landowners. Due to the exceptionally significant change in value while zoning, which is present in Switzerland, there are remarkable redistributive instruments - both in terms of value increase (added value capture) and value decrease (compensation). Our study shows that knowledge of planning-related land value changes can help understand redistributive mechanisms, thereby contributing to best-practice debates.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Human Geography > Unit Political urbanism and sutainable spatial development
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography

UniBE Contributor:

Hengstermann, Andreas Heinrich, Götze, Vera

Subjects:

900 History > 910 Geography & travel
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 340 Law
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 350 Public administration & military science

ISSN:

0264-8377

Publisher:

Elsevier Science

Funders:

[4] Swiss National Science Foundation

Language:

English

Submitter:

Andreas Heinrich Hengstermann

Date Deposited:

31 Jul 2023 06:37

Last Modified:

20 Aug 2023 02:37

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106826

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/185117

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/185117

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