Robert J. Mason

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the roles of stakeholders involved in the CURCL process and propose countermeasures to protect the interests of legitimated stakeholders, including better defining multiple conceptions of public interest, opening up express channels for expression of the public interest and clarifying governments' functions in land interest adjustment.

TL;DR: In this paper, a critical review of the literature and analysis of selected case studies is presented to identify barriers to effective ICARUCL implementation, which result principally from shortcomings in governance at the central and local levels.

TL;DR: In the state of New Jersey, voters in 1998 approved a ballot measure authorizing a 10-year, 1 billion dollar open-space acquisition program by a two to one margin this article.

TL;DR: A renewed commitment to sustainability's triple bottom line—environmental quality, equity, and economic prosperity—will require greater government transparency and fairness, stronger planning controls, and an expanded public transportation system.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors analyzed the ongoing land policy reform that allows collective-owned rural land transactions in the open market in Shenzhen, China and argued that the existing dual-track land administration system, within which the state administers market transactions, has contributed to numerous social problems, such as urban land scarcity, inefficiency of land resource allocation, and exacerbated social injustice.