The multifarious character of land values in regional development

Moulaert, Frank and Mehmood, Abid ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3719-6388 2025. The multifarious character of land values in regional development. Moulaert, Frank and Mehmood, Abid, eds. The Value of Place: Exploring Regional Development and Land Use Strategies, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar,

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Abstract

In any form of urban and regional development, land has a role to play. This may sound like a tautology because spatial development, by its very nature, occurs on land. Yet this book demonstrates that it is far from a tautology: urban and regional development is multifaceted and makes use of land – or overlooks land – in various ways in developing its strategies. In doing so, it often reduces the multifarious character of land values. Or, put even more strongly: in mainstream regional and urban development analysis, if land is considered at all, it is almost exclusively considered as an economic good with market value. Thus, the relationship between regional development and land use is far from tautological; it reflects continuously renewed tensions between the values people and institutions attach to land and the place – their Place – they inhabit. In other words, land is never ‘just land’. People build on it; integrate it into industrial production and distribution systems; valorize its role as an ecological resource—providing healthy soil, water, food, and natural spaces expected to be protective and tranquil. These differing uses reflect a multifaceted spectrum of conflicting human values.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Publisher:	Edward Elgar
Last Modified:	14 Mar 2025 13:55
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/176732

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