Project draft for a new COST Action

LAREDURALAREDURALand Readjustment for Developing of Urban

and Rural Areas

Joachim Thomas, Münster (Germany)

Aalborg (DK), August 26th 2005

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Action objective:

analysis of existing and modelling of appropriate land readjustment

tools for a sustainable land policy in Europe

Domain: Miscellaneous

Action number: .........

Duration: 4 years (2006 until 2010)

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Structure of Project Draft

Intention and motivation

Need for research

Intended output and dissemination of results

Expected outcome

Participating signatories

Scientific preparatory work of partners

References

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Intention and Motivation Description of situation concerning Land Readjustment in Europe:

- a very diffuse and terminologically confuse scene

- different urban and rural land readjustment tools

- additional complications regarding Land Consolidation

(on the one hand: only as a redesign of parcels, on the other hand: combined with a bundle of infrastructural measures)

Description of scientific or specific activities concerning Land Consolidation by

- FIG

- FAO

- some high schools, particularly in Germany and Netherlands

- Institutional INTERREG III C cooperation of some European agencies

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Need for Research

Systematic survey of existing relevant Land Readjustment approaches in Europe

Comparative analysis and evaluation of these approaches

(probably: case studies and inclusion of external experts)

Modelling of an „Ideal Typically Land Readjustment Tool“

as core of a tool box

with additional accompanying instruments

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Intended Output and Dissemination of Results

Competent comprehensive and comparable description of relevant Land Readjustment tools in Europe

Publication in reports / booklets

Accompanying interactive workshops of the partners

Tentative new definitions of land readjustment issues

Project conferences with documentation

Final International Conference with final report

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Expected Outcome

Broadened knowledge and awareness concerning Land Readjustment

Optimized and impact oriented Land Readjustment approaches on an analytical and scientific base

Land Readjustment toolbox as help for countries going ahead in establishment of land readjustment legislation

Better education in land and real estate property related issues

Long term impacts: sustainable development in economic, social and environmental terms

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Participating Signatories

(all / some) Action G9 partners

Some important German universities

University of Wageningen (Netherlands)

University of Olzyn (Poland)

European Faculty for Land Readjustment Strasbour (France)

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Now:

What do you think about?

Proposals for changes

Amendments

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How to calculate the success of such an application?

Next steps?

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