Transfer of development rights and public facility planning in Taiwan An examination of local adaptation and spatial impact

Since the early 2000s, transfer of development rights has served as a compensatory regime to address the ‘reserved land’ issue in Taiwan, a planning challenge that has seen private owners remain uncompensated for land flagged by the government for public facilities. This article investigates two asp...

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Published in:Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 53; no. 6; pp. 1244 - 1260
Main Authors: Shih, Mi, Chang, Hsiutzu Betty
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England Sage Publications, Ltd 01.05.2016
SAGE Publications
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:
Adaptation
Case studies
Compensation
Conservation easements
Development policy
Facilities
Government
Implementation
Neighborhoods
Neoliberalism
Owners
Planning
Planning methods
Preservation
Public lands
Rights
Spatial discrimination
Taiwan
Transfer facilities
Urban areas
Taiwan
Taiwan, Taipei
ISEW, Taiwan
spatial impact
local adaptation
public facility planning
Taiwan
transfer of development rights
ISSN:0042-0980, 1360-063X
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Summary:Since the early 2000s, transfer of development rights has served as a compensatory regime to address the ‘reserved land’ issue in Taiwan, a planning challenge that has seen private owners remain uncompensated for land flagged by the government for public facilities. This article investigates two aspects of the implementation of transfer of development rights in Taiwan. First, it examines the local adaptation process by which the use of transfer of development rights has been diverted from its original function of historical preservation. Second, it maps the spatial impact of this compensation process, using Sanchong District in New Taipei City as a case study. We demonstrate that trends of high-end developments in prime locations and ‘piecemeal transfer’ in the city’s older, inner neighbourhoods show worrisome patterns of uneven development. We conclude that the neoliberal effects generated by the transfer of development rights policy have complicated the planning challenge the policy was initially intended to resolve.
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ISSN:0042-0980
1360-063X
DOI:10.1177/0042098015572974