http://www.landvaluescape.org/ en-us 2008-10-12T18:16:07+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000137.html Local Property Taxation as a Strategic Planning Tool in UK: Can 'Landvaluescape' Play a Role at Local Levels? This is the title of an article published in the latest (August 2008) issue of Local Economy The full article can be... Tony Vickers 2008-10-12T18:16:07+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000136.html A report published by English Partnerships (the national regeneration agency) last month, of a study in which Landvaluescape researcher Tony Vickers played a major part, shows the way towards a full National Land Use Database (NLUD). NLUD has long been... Tony Vickers 2008-10-12T17:47:48+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000115.html There is a growing body of opinion that public information, already paid for out of general taxation, ought not to be commodified. See http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/ At the very least, some of the cost of maintaining currency of core datasets, such as... Tony Vickers 2007-08-21T13:47:57+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000114.html As reported in March, Modern Maps proprietor Tony Vickers will have a major role in a study for the UK Government's regeneration agency English Partnerships on the future of the National Land Use Database (NLUD) of Previously Developed Land (PDL).... News Tony Vickers 2007-08-20T12:59:28+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000103.html Kingston University researcher Tony Vickers, who lectures at the School of Surveying on Green Taxes, is to have a major role in a study for English Partnerships (EP - the UK's urban regeneration agency) that a multi-disciplinary team at Kingston... News Tony Vickers 2007-03-13T15:40:56+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000097.html Under the auspices of UN HABITAT's Global Land Tools Network (GLTN), a contract worth $20,000 has been placed with Earth Rights Institute of America http://www.earthrights.net/ to develop an on-line "how to do Land Value Taxation" facility by August 2007. Tony... News Tony Vickers 2006-12-11T12:14:07+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000093.html For the third FIG Congress Running, Tony Vickers will be presenting a paper on his research relating to Value Maps and Land Value Taxation. On Monday 9th October in Munich, TS 17 - Land Value Maps and Taxation organised by... Papers Tony Vickers 2006-07-20T14:30:35+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000083.html A new group for professional people interested in land and tax reform has been set up. Called the Professional Land Reform Group, it has cross-party support and members from many professions: planning, architecture, transport management, surveying & housing. Its Mission... News Tony Vickers 2006-02-16T20:11:52+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000080.html The think-tank CentreForum has published the discussion draft of a paper it commissioned by Tony Vickers on its FreeThink site at http://www.free-think.com/land-value-taxation/ With support from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and drawing on his research at Kingston University, Vickers sets out... Papers Tony Vickers 2006-01-10T16:15:23+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000075.html Owing to demand for examples of what is meant by 'landvaluescape graphics', I am making available here an appendix I wrote for a Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Working Paper "Preparing to Pilot Land Value Tax in Britain". Go to... Papers Tony Vickers 2005-12-05T10:37:02+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000074.html Tony Vickers visited Sweden and Denmark in November 2005 to study recent developments in the use of GIS for property taxes, as well as how these fit within their overall tax systems. The findings of these brief visits to the... News Tony Vickers 2005-11-30T17:13:48+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000072.html A new book The Fiscal Crisis in the United Kingdom by political economist Professor Iain McLean casts a light on the tax reform debate in Britain. McLean shows a clear understanding of the role of land values in the broader... News Tony Vickers 2005-11-10T18:24:07+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000069.html "Detailed research" commissioned by RICS for its response to the Government on Kate Barker's proposed Planning Gain Supplement is questioned by Tony Vickers in a letter to ODPM Minister Jim Fitzpatrick. RICS claims the report by Tony Johnson and Chris... Papers Tony Vickers 2005-11-09T20:29:01+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000067.html A paper based on this research, co-authored with my Kingston University supervisors, is about to be published by Richmond Law & Tax in the third volume of their international series Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation. It takes a snapshot of... News Tony Vickers 2005-09-16T16:27:15+00:00 http://www.landvaluescape.org/archives/000063.html The services of London-based Japanese expert David Vickers have been secured for a six-month period, to assist with Landvaluescape research. David has a Masters Degree in Advanced Japanese and a keen interest in public affairs. He did his dissertation on... News Tony Vickers 2005-08-11T09:19:27+00:00