LAREDURA Project draft for a new COST Action LAREDURA Land Readjustment for Developing of Urban and Rural Areas Joachim Thomas, Münster (Germany) Aalborg (DK), August 26th 2005

Bezirksregierung Münster  Action objective: analysis of existing and modelling of appropriate land readjustment tools for a sustainable land policy in Europe  Domain: Miscellaneous  Action number:  Duration: 4 years (2006 until 2010)

Bezirksregierung Münster Structure of Project Draft  Intention and motivation  Need for research  Intended output and dissemination of results  Expected outcome  Participating signatories  Scientific preparatory work of partners  References

Bezirksregierung Münster Intention and Motivation  Description of situation concerning Land Readjustment in Europe: -a very diffuse and terminologically confuse scene -different urban and rural land readjustment tools -additional complications regarding Land Consolidation (on the one hand: only as a redesign of parcels, on the other hand: combined with a bundle of infrastructural measures)  Description of scientific or specific activities concerning Land Consolidation by -FIG -FAO -some high schools, particularly in Germany and Netherlands -Institutional INTERREG III C cooperation of some European agencies

Bezirksregierung Münster Need for Research  Systematic survey of existing relevant Land Readjustment approaches in Europe  Comparative analysis and evaluation of these approaches  (probably: case studies and inclusion of external experts)  Modelling of an „Ideal Typically Land Readjustment Tool“ as core of a tool box with additional accompanying instruments

Bezirksregierung Münster Intended Output and Dissemination of Results  Competent comprehensive and comparable description of relevant Land Readjustment tools in Europe  Publication in reports / booklets  Accompanying interactive workshops of the partners  Tentative new definitions of land readjustment issues  Project conferences with documentation  Final International Conference with final report

Bezirksregierung Münster Expected Outcome  Broadened knowledge and awareness concerning Land Readjustment  Optimized and impact oriented Land Readjustment approaches on an analytical and scientific base  Land Readjustment toolbox as help for countries going ahead in establishment of land readjustment legislation  Better education in land and real estate property related issues  Long term impacts: sustainable development in economic, social and environmental terms

Bezirksregierung Münster Participating Signatories  (all / some) Action G9 partners  Some important German universities  University of Wageningen (Netherlands)  University of Olzyn (Poland)  European Faculty for Land Readjustment Strasbour (France)

Bezirksregierung Münster Now:  What do you think about?  Proposals for changes  Amendments   How to calculate the success of such an application?  Next steps?

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