Developing an optimal pattern for state intervention in urban land management: case of Iran, Tehran city

Abstract

Land management is a key requirement for sustainable development. This research aimed to explore the challenges of state intervention in the land management system in Iran. In particular urban land is one of the most important issues in managing the city of Tehran, which has caused many challenges. The research seeks to investigate the inefficiencies of state intervention in urban land management. Also it seeks to formulate and develop a pattern for state intervention through a mixed research. In this research, data were collected through questionnaires, interviews and etc. Also sample size was 350. The results show that optimal urban land management requires an integrated land management approach consisting of a transparent vision and interactive approach among urban landlords. In addition the state intervention in the four areas of land management (ownership, use, taxation, and development) should be consistent across the land.

Analysis of the spatial inequality in residential quality indicators: the 22 urban regions of Tehran Metropolis

“…These scholars eventually propose strategic spatial planning to reduce the spatial inequalities in the Tehran metropolis. (Molaei Qelichi et al, 2017), urban development plans and national modernization (Mashayekhi, 2019), the unsustainable change in land use (Taravat et al, 2017), excessive government intervention in land affairs (Meshkini et al, 2019), inefficient urban policies (Meshkin et al, 2021), inefficient residential policies (Zarghamfard et al, 2019), unbalanced distribution of physical residential indices (Marsosi et al, 2021), industrialization in Tehran (Pazhuhan, 2021), the flow of oil revenues (Hein & Sedighi, 2016), inadequate regulations and limited privatization (Yousefi & Farahani, 2019), the unbalanced distribution of urban cooling ecosystem services (Ghorbani et al, 2022) and income inequalities (Noroozi et al, 2020) as the most important factors contributing to spatial inequality in Tehran metropolis. Studies such as those of Yousefi and Farahani (2019) and Zarghamfard and Meshkini (2021) reveal that the spatial inequality in Tehran residential quality stems from the Iranian capitalist features and imported neoliberal policies.…”

Two‐stage development, allocation strategies' effect, and industrial land policies' adjustment, China

“…A literature review reveals that scholars' research on industrial land allocation focuses on land finance and land attracting investment behavior (Borras et al., 2019; Huang & Chan, 2018; Wang et al., 2020; Xu, 2019), government intervention and economic growth (Meshkini et al., 2019; Su & Qian, 2020), and land market allocation (Lu et al., 2020; Nakamura, 2019), and academics believe that the transfer of industrial land will increase fiscal revenue. In terms of the effect of industrial land allocation, its impact on employment remains untested empirically.…”

Structural analysis of factors affecting the housing in Tabriz metropolis: a future study approach

“…The housing sector today plays a prominent role in the globalization of national and urban political economies (Wetzstein, 2017). Besides being the driving force of the political economy, housing is also affected by a variety of factors, such as processes of urbanization (Zarghamfard et al , 2020), suburbanization (Andreasen et al , 2017), housing commodification (Zarghamfard and Meshkini, 2021; Chen and Wu, 2020), migration and spatial patterns (Meen, 1999), wave effect (Huang, 2011; Meen, 1996), spatial diffusion (Zhu and Zhang, 2021), demographic issues (Ghaedrahmati and Zarghamfard, 2021), political relations (Jaupart, 2020), financial intermediaries (Reher, 2021), characteristics of urban area (Gu et al , 2020), social stratification (Han et al , 2021), overflow effects (Liang et al , 2018), private partnership initiatives (Lau, 2005), land issues (Meshkini et al , 2019; Liang et al , 2020), development of transportation lines (Baker et al , 2021), housing policy processes (Jaupart, 2020), market bubbles (Ayub et al , 2020), individual preferences and life quality (Shaw, 2004), asset management (Marchesi and Tweed, 2021), income conditions (Zhao et al , 2021), construction techniques and technologies (Raj et al , 2021), savings programs (Chen et al , 2020), tax policies (Guo and Jiang, 2021), trading cycles (Chen and Zhao, 2021), novel rental constructions (Murie and Rowlands, 2008), globalization of housing investment processes (Wetzstein, 2017) identified as the drivers of housing sector in the literature.…”