Land acquisition and land value capture instruments as determinants of public urban infrastructure provision: A comparison of the Polish legal framework with its German counterpart

Tomasz Zaborowski

doi:10.7163/gpol.0125

Abstract

Land acquisition and land value capture instruments as determinants of public urban infrastructure provision: A comparison of the Polish legal framework with its German counterpart

Highlights

Prior to the legislative amendment of the Polish land-use planning and land management system by the 2015 Urban Regeneration Act1 it did not pro-vide sufficient quantity and quality of urban infrastructure
In effect a considerable share of land-use patterns that emerged in Poland in the last 25 years are deprived of some elements of urban infrastructure, e.g. decent streets and public spaces (Kowalewski et al 2014)
On the basis of the undertaken analysis, one can conclude that due to the legislative changes the Polish legal framework of public urban infrastructure (PUI) provision has converged to some extent with its German counterpart

Summary

Introduction

Prior to the legislative amendment of the Polish land-use planning and land management system by the 2015 Urban Regeneration Act (ustawa o rewitalizacji – UR) it did not pro-vide sufficient quantity and quality of urban infrastructure. Prior to the legislative amendment of the Polish land-use planning and land management system by the 2015 Urban Regeneration Act (ustawa o rewitalizacji – UR) it did not pro-. In effect a considerable share of land-use patterns that emerged in Poland in the last 25 years are deprived of some elements of urban infrastructure, e.g. decent streets and public spaces (Kowalewski et al 2014). The core reason for this phenomenon seems to be a poor institutional framework for the provision of public urban infrastructure, which is a part of an ineffective planning and land management system (Jędraszko 2005). As public infrastructure is one of the core aspects of quality urban space, a question arises: did the UR 2015 act improve the previous, ineffective legal framework of public urban infrastructure (PUI) provision? As public infrastructure is one of the core aspects of quality urban space, a question arises: did the UR 2015 act improve the previous, ineffective legal framework of public urban infrastructure (PUI) provision? To provide a benchmark for the amended Polish planning and land management framework, its German counterpart has been analyzed

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