November 11, 2025Urban StudiesOpen Access

Small plots, big stakes: Strategic responses to individual landowners’ property rights in densification projects

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Project-based planning minimizes the role of individual landowners, framing objections as obstacles to development.
In Thun, planning strategies prioritize consensus building while Utrecht employs coercive expropriation tactics.
Comparative case studies in Thun and Utrecht highlight differing legal frameworks affecting planning outcomes.
Findings raise critical questions about the balance between social sustainability and individual property rights in urban growth.

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Analysis reveals that project-based planning manages property rights of individual landowners, suggesting social sustainability may favor collective interests over individual concerns.

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Bouwmeester et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69252ea8c0ce034ddc356981 https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980251379767

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Analysis reveals that project-based planning manages property rights of individual landowners, suggesting social sustainability may favor collective interests over individual concerns.

Small plots, big stakes: Strategic responses to individual landowners’ property rights in densification projects

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Small plots, big stakes: Strategic responses to individual landowners’ property rights in densification projects

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