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Models of the Land-Development Process: A Critical Review

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  • T Gore

    (School of Town and Regional Planning, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4HT, Scotland)

  • D Nicholson

    (Department of Planning, Hereford City Council, Town Hall, Saint Owen Street, Hereford HR1 2PJ, England)

Abstract

In recent years, numerous conceptual models of the land-development process have been produced. In this paper, this material is brought together for the first time; not only are the salient characteristics of these models presented, but also they are evaluated critically in relation to their clarity, applicability, and theoretical underpinnings. Four different categories of model are identified, namely sequential descriptions, behavioural models, production-based analyses, and the structures-of-provision approach. Each of these is reviewed in turn. From this it emerges that the first three approaches have by and large resulted in models that are only partially representative of the complexity and variability inherent in the land-development process. It is concluded that the search for a generally applicable model is, in fact, a futile one, and that energy would be more usefully expended in applying the principles of the ‘structures-of-provision’ approach to the full range of land-development activity, thus producing a specific model for each development sector.

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  • T Gore & D Nicholson, 1991. "Models of the Land-Development Process: A Critical Review," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 23(5), pages 705-730, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:23:y:1991:i:5:p:705-730
    DOI: 10.1068/a230705
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    1. Yehua Dennis Wei, 2016. "Towards Equitable and Sustainable Urban Space: Introduction to Special Issue on “Urban Land and Sustainable Development”," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(8), pages 1-9, August.
    2. Joe Doak & Nikos Karadimitriou, 2007. "(Re)development, Complexity and Networks: A Framework for Research," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 44(2), pages 209-229, February.
    3. vdr Krabben, E. & Lambooy, J.G., 1994. "An institutional economic approach to land and propterty markets: Urban dynamics and institutional change," Research Memorandum FEW 636, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.

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