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With acknowledgements

Chapter 1 - Introduction: from land to landvaluescape - the importance of this research - testing the hypothesis

Chapter 2 - Review of the Literature: the Howes Study - later studies of value mapping - valuation theory and purposes - valuation methods (manual and authomated) - spatial analysis and displays from CAMA - geoinformation policy and polity - overall significance for British value mapping

Chapter 3 - Research Strategy & Method: characteristics of the hypothesis - choice of research method - design and launch of the value maps policy Delphi - progress of Delphi Process

Chapter 4 - Delphi Findings & Analysis: value mapping concepts - defining Britain's value mapping issue - issues most worth tackling - more intractable issues - response to the policy options - action plan for British value mapping - stakeholders as enablers and beneficiaries - the Delphi Process reviewed

Chapter 5 - British Landvaluescape Demonstrations: demonstrating other landvaluescapes - prolems with UK data - lessons for British landvaluescape demonstrators

Chapter 6 - Selected Overseas Comparisons: basis for selection - Global Overview - Denmark - United States - Lithuania - Sweden - Australia - global conclusions

Chapter 7 - Conclusions and Recommendations: revisiting the hypothesis and objectives - perceptions of economic reality Britain & overseas - the case for a British value mapping programme - towards a British value mapping project overall conclusions - recommendations

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Bibliography

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 downloaded (on payment for non-subscribers) from here. The abstract is reproduced below.

ABSTRACT In common with many countries of the world, there are concerns within planning and regeneration circles regarding the very slow progress towards sustainable development and a realization that for progress to be achieved there is a need for government to act. Consequently, the UK government is seeking, through a variety of instruments, including the land use planning system, to mitigate the environmental impact of development. Indeed the overarching aim of the extant land use legislation (in particular, the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and the Sustainable Communities Act 2007) is the promotion of sustainable communities, across the so-called "triple bottom line" of economic well-being, social justice and environmental protection. This paper discusses geo-political developments in the approach to funding local and regional government and how the UK is affected by these. The paper considers research in Britain into the potential for using aggregated property valuations as a method of monitoring economic health at a national and local scale, by applying geo-spatial modelling and display techniques. Given advances in the application of modern information systems (including the capture, management and display of geo-spatial data), the authors assess the potential of such systems for the status of relevant datasets in the UK.

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 FIG Commissions 9 (Valuation and Management of Real Estate) and 8 (Planning and Development)
will commence with a paper authored by Tony and his three PhD supervisors, based at Kingston University UK:
Prof. Sarah Sayce, Dr. Munir Morad, and Prof. Owen Connellan entitled:
Value Maps: The Next Utility? Synergies between Valuation, Spatial Analysis and Land Use Planning (0396)

The synopsis of the paper can be downloaded here

This month, the Liberal Democrat Party's Tax Commission (of which Tony was a member this past year) had its Policy Paper approved for debate at the Party Conference in September. The Lib Dems, Britain's third largest Party and believed by many to be likely to help form the next UK Government, are expected to approve a major shift in Direction of Travel (as their economics spokesman Vince Cable MP has put it) away from taxing wealth creation towards taxing pollution and wealth accumulation. Land Value Taxation (LVT) is seen as a part of this, in the longer term. LVT is included in future Green Taxes, although there is as yet no specific proposal to reform domestic property taxation in the Tax Commission's paper.

The Paper for FIG Congress includes a re-working of the findings of Tony's Delphi Group on Value Maps. A decision by the UK Government to introduce LVT was seen by the Delphi as crucial before it would take the necessary actions leading to Value Mapping.