TS08C: RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND MARKETS [10554]

Commission: 8 & 9
Chair: Mr. James Kavanagh, United Kingdom
Rapporteur: Mr. Charles Atakora, Germany


Rural Land Markets are characterised by high social, cultural, and ecological values. In extension of the work done on the valuation of registered lands, how are these values recognised today in rural development.

Guiding Questions for Discussions:

• How are social, cultural, and ecological values recognised today?
• What is the place of social, cultural, and ecological values in a market economy?

Lalu Ahmad Farhan, Imam Buchori and Bambang Edhi Leksono (Indonesia):
Development of an Environmentally Friendly Tourism City in the Protected Forest of Lombok Using Integrated Geospatial Analysis. (11940)
[abstract] [paper] [handouts]

Helén Elvestad (Norway):
Distribution of Net Added Value from Rezoning - a Challenging Measure in the Norwegian Land Consolidation Act (11972)
[abstract] [paper] [handouts]

Kwabena Obeng Asiama and Seth Opuni Asiama (Ghana):
Tinkering with Resettlement from Large-Scale Land Acquisition on Customary Lands – Lessons from Compulsory Acquisition and Deprivation of Land Use in Ghana (12187)
[abstract] [paper] [handouts]