Planning regulation and land value capture in Italy between traditional approaches and new perspectives

Abstract

Urban development and regeneration processes are both influenced by changes in the level of land rents over time and space. Public intervention in land markets, including planning regulation, affects rent dynamics through discretionary decisions that create clear advantages and inequalities in landowner treatment. Focusing on Italian approaches to planning regulation and land value capture (LVC), the research investigates the evolution of the theoretical debate on windfalls for wipeouts and the different approaches and instruments for managing urban rents. The characteristics of the national housing market and the relevant socio-economic and territorial disparities require a better understanding of contemporary rent dynamics. The conclusions suggest that the traditional and mainstream conception of urban rent, as an unearned gain for the landowner, needs to be revised and LVC should be addressed to support regeneration policies.

Innovating the Local Plan through Co-Creation and the Public Sociology Approach toward Urban Regeneration: An Italian Case Study

“…Urban planning, particularly that related to the postearthquake reconstruction of Central Italy and the post-pandemic phase after COVID-19, aims to identify new functions for available spaces but also wants to represent a trigger for actions that produce impacts on the territorial context in terms of economic reactivation, social promotion, environmental enhancement, and cultural revitalization [5][6][7]. In this framework, urban regeneration has become a relevant topic not only in disciplines that focus more on the transformation of the territory (i.e., urban planning, environmental management, and geography) but also in other branches of study less directly involved in this issue (i.e., sociology, economics, political sciences, and public management) [8,9]. The objective of this paper is to investigate whether and how the tools and methodologies of social research and public communication applied to local participatory processes related to traditional urban planning tools can lead to a new role of participation of the inhabitants, enabling them to make a proactive contribution to the decision-making process.…”