Recent years have seen a globalization of property rights as the Western conception of property over land has extended across the world. As formerly community-owned land and natural resources are privatized and titling schemes proliferate, Property Rights from Below questions the trend toward treating land as a commodity and explores alternatives to the Western model.
As we enter an era of resource scarcity and as competition for land and associated natural resources increases, purchasing power cannot become the sole criterion for land allocation; and the law of supply and demand in increasingly financialized markets cannot become the sole metric through which the value of land is determined. Using a range of examples from around the world, Property Rights from Below demonstrates that alternatives to this model often emerge from social innovations supported by local communities and that there is an urgent need for a broader political imagination when it comes to land governance.
This innovative cross-disciplinary perspective on the pressing problems surrounding global property rights will be of interest to academics, students and professionals with an interest in property law, development economics and land governance.
| ISBN: | 9781138657243 |
| Publication date: | 9th December 2019 |
| Author: | Olivier de Schutter, Balakrishnan Rajagopal |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of CRC Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 242 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series |
| Genres: |
Urban and municipal planning and policy Conveyancing law Housing and homelessness Property and real estate Public international law: human rights Construction and engineering law Planning law Development economics and emerging economies Development studies Building construction and materials |
Recent years have seen a globalization of property rights as the Western conception of property over land has extended across the world. As formerly community-owned land and natural resources are privatized and titling schemes proliferate, Property Rights from Below questions the trend toward treating land as a commodity and explores alternatives to the Western model.As we enter an era of resource scarcity and as competition for land and associated natural resources increases, purchasing power cannot become the sole criterion for land allocation; and the law of supply and demand in increasingly financialized markets cannot become the sole metric through which the value of land is determined.
Property Rights from Below features in the following genres: Urban and municipal planning and policy, Conveyancing law, Housing and homelessness, Property and real estate, Public international law: human rights, Construction and engineering law, Planning law, Development economics and emerging economies, Development studies, Building construction and materials
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Property Rights from Below was written by Olivier de Schutter, Balakrishnan Rajagopal and published by Routledge an imprint of CRC Press
Property Rights from Below has 242 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series series
£154.79, reduced from £171.99. Not Available.