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Article: ‘Surveying was a kind of writing on the land’: The economics of land division as town planning
Title | ‘Surveying was a kind of writing on the land’: The economics of land division as town planning |
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Keywords | Layout Surveyor Physical planning Public goods Transaction costs |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105732 |
Citation | Planning Theory, 2020, v. 19 n. 4, p. 421-444 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This article is about the economic role of the primaeval layouts (plats) for a new development area as a conscious act of physical planning. It explains that these foundational layouts of a town or country in the ‘new world’ were traditionally the work of a surveyor, the impacts of which have been lasting. Typically following a grid iron pattern, with roots in ancient history, the layout of the surveyor may not look attractive. Yet, it has stood the test of time and continued to condition modern development. It serves two significant economic functions. First, it reduces several types of transaction costs, namely, those of competition for land, valuation allocation, identification and subdivision of land as well as revising a layout. Second, it serves to achieve agglomeration, establish a proprietary and common setting and provide vital information as different forms of public good. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/286328 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.371 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lai, LWC | - |
dc.contributor.author | Davies, SNG | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-31T07:02:20Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-31T07:02:20Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Planning Theory, 2020, v. 19 n. 4, p. 421-444 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1473-0952 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/286328 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This article is about the economic role of the primaeval layouts (plats) for a new development area as a conscious act of physical planning. It explains that these foundational layouts of a town or country in the ‘new world’ were traditionally the work of a surveyor, the impacts of which have been lasting. Typically following a grid iron pattern, with roots in ancient history, the layout of the surveyor may not look attractive. Yet, it has stood the test of time and continued to condition modern development. It serves two significant economic functions. First, it reduces several types of transaction costs, namely, those of competition for land, valuation allocation, identification and subdivision of land as well as revising a layout. Second, it serves to achieve agglomeration, establish a proprietary and common setting and provide vital information as different forms of public good. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105732 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Planning Theory | - |
dc.rights | Lawrence WC Lai, Stephen NG Davies, ‘Surveying was a kind of writing on the land’: The economics of land division as town planning, Planning Theory, v. 19 n. 4, p. 421-444. Copyright © 2020 SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/1473095220912791. | - |
dc.subject | Layout | - |
dc.subject | Surveyor | - |
dc.subject | Physical planning | - |
dc.subject | Public goods | - |
dc.subject | Transaction costs | - |
dc.title | ‘Surveying was a kind of writing on the land’: The economics of land division as town planning | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lai, LWC: wclai@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Davies, SNG: daiwaisi@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lai, LWC=rp01004 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/1473095220912791 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85083481241 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 313736 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 19 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 421 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 444 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000527148700001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1473-0952 | - |