Taxing land for urban containment: Reflections on a Dutch debate

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-241

  Altes, Willem K Korthals ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development planning; Netherlands; Open spaces; Taxation; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; LAND USE PLANNING; POLICY STRATEGY; TAX SYSTEM; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57049143228     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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