The value of place : exploring regional development and land use strategies / edited by Frank Moulaert (Emeritus Professor of Spatial Planning, KU Leuven, Belgium) and Abid Mehmood (Senior Lecturer in International Planning and Sustainability, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moulaert, Frank, editor.

Mehmood, Abid, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regional planning.

Land use.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This perceptive book explores the complex relationship between land use and regional development. It emphasizes the importance of land as a host for ecological, social, and cultural values, challenging the conventional view that it is exclusively an economic commodity or tradeable asset. Inspired by Professors Pavlos Delladetsimas' and Flavia Martinelli's innovative research, leading experts examine the growing dominance of market value in land allocation, demonstrating how this limits access to affordable homes and quality of services to persons and threatens sustainable development due to economic, social, and political pressures. They investigate the role of land in regional policies, illustrating how the traditional neoliberal approach has been unsuccessful in addressing inequality and providing essential services. The book reflects on sustainability, analysing detailed case studies such as tourism and social services policy in Southern Italy, sustainability issues in regional development in Croatia, and the relationship between rent, agglomeration, and the economy in London. It concludes by outlining alternative governance models, advocating for the adoption of commoning (collective use of land and resources) to enable equitable and inclusive land use. The Value of Place is a vital resource for students and scholars of human and economic geography, spatial planning and policy making, urban and regional studies, and socio-economic development. Policymakers and practitioners in planning, sustainable tourism, and land policy will also benefit from this forward-thinking book"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction: The multifarious character of land values in regional development / Frank Moulaert and Abid Mehmood

Theme 1: (economic) development and land values

2. Capitalism is over, but the new is worse: Reflections on rent, services, and capitalist feudalism / Erik Swyngedouw

3. Rent, agglomeration, and the economy of London / Michael Edwards

4. Trends and challenges in post-covid-19 housing accessibility: A greek perspective / Georgia Tseva

Theme 2: Urban and regional development policies: Roles for land

5. To informality and beyond: Informal economic resilience and the case for social cohesion / Abid Mehmood

6. Tina's shadow: Navigating fragments of the 'social' in the European Union / Carlos Rodrigues

7. The good, the bad and the ugly (and the even uglier): Policy implications for Europe in times of welfare chauvinism, penal populism, and new workfare programmes / Enrica Morlicchio and Jonathan Pratschke

8. Social citizenship between universalism and local practices: Care services in southern Europe at times of neoliberal austerity / Marisol García Cabeza and Dina Vaiou

9. Regional divides, territorial cohesion, and urban inclusion: The role of social services / Antonella Sarlo

10. Greece: Drafting a new law on forest land in the context of land policy / Louis C. Wassenhoven

11. Tourism policy development in southern Italy: Evolution, turning points, and impacts / Chiara Corazziere

12. European Union territorial strategies for sustainable island development in croatia / Marijana Sumpor

13. Tourism unveiled through a dialogue with sustainable local development / Constanza Parra

14. Embedded planning and planners: Rethinking the role of planning and planners in an era of undefined becoming / Louis Albrechts

Theme 3. Multi-level governance, regional land policy, and commoning:

15. Regions and nations: Frenemies - or just enemies? / Erica Schoenberger

16. (not) always looking at the bright side of life: Territorial social infrastructure and institutional innovation in fragile territories / Loris Servillo

17. Planning without hybris: Top-linked governance to empower bottom-linked initiatives / Andreas Novy and Nora Dornis

18. Land policy: A path to interdisciplinary research on governance and commons / Xenia Katsigianni and Pieter Van den Broeck

19. Commoning education in spatial development analysis and planning / Pieter Van den Broeck, Xenia Katsigianni, Frank Moulaert, Carine Assaf, and Angeliki Paidakaki

Afterword / Diana MacCallum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035347926 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.