Land-use planning and property rights: a fraught relationship -- Two ways in which laws can influence how land is used -- The legal language: rights in land -- The economic language: making a good use of scarce resources -- An evolution of property law: rules under public law -- An evolution of property law: rules under private law -- Application: achieving neighbourhood quality -- Application: regional land-use planning -- Conclusions: the rules we make for using land

Looks at land-use planning as it affects and is affected by property rights and illuminates core aspects of land-use planning - including effectivess, efficieny, ethics and ideology. These aspects are examined from the perspective of law and economics.