This report provides an overview of spatial and land-use planning systems across the OECD. It contains country fact … describe the responsibilities of each level of government with respect to spatial and land-use planning. They include a … description of all spatial and land-use plans of a country and show their hierarchical relations in a diagram. For most countries …

Land use has important consequences for the environment, public health, economic productivity, inequality and social … segregation. Land use policies are often complex and require co-ordination across all levels of government as well as across … policy sectors. Not surprisingly, land use decisions can be contentious and conflicts over land use are common across the …

This book brings together two studies both related to the very important issue of land: it examines the way in which … market forces. The second study shows that agricultural support is often capitalised into land and other asset values. As a …

implemented agri-environmental measures that are directly aimed at improving the environment. What are the changes in land use …, biodiversity, wildlife habitat and landscape? How have regional and local conditions influenced the environmental outcomes? To what …