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Table 1 Land management objectives and supporting tools

From: Answering to the domesticability of exotic options and strategies in managing Africa’s urban landscapes for sustainability beyond 2015

Objective

Land management tool

Availability of land for (re) development

Expropriation, pre-emption rights, inclusionary zoning regulation, land banking, public land development.

Cost recovery of public works necessary for the development.

Developer contributions, local taxes, urban land adjustment, public land development

Value capturing of the earned increment in land value

Impact fees, local taxes, public land development

Land market efficiency and transparency

Land register, legislation for urban land adjustment.