ACTIVITIES

Review Study Report

The Review Study summarises findings of other comparative studies on land development and more importantly it gives an overview of innovative projects and cases across the FARLAND regions in the three area types.

6 Regional Study Tours

  1. October 2005: organised by DLG, covering projects in different provinces in The Netherlands (Zuid-Holland and Utrecht).
  2. March 2006: the second regional study tour was held in Galicia.
  3. June 2006: the third regional study tour was held in North-Rhine Westphalia.
  4. October 2006: the fourth regional study tour was held in October in Flanders.
  5. February 2007: the fifth regional study tour was held in Portugal.
  6. May 2007: the sixth and last regional study visit was held in Lithuania.

22 Technical Exchange visits

Between 2005 and 2007 ss Technical Exchange Visits have taken place.

Topics include

  • Village renewal
  • Land development for nature
  • Land banking
  • Land Evaluation
  • Project continuation/evaluation/cost-benefit
  • Land consolidation and land management in high risk flood areas
  • Land consolidation in case of permissible compulsory aquisition
  • Rural development policy
  • Decision levels of planning / territorial planning levels
  • Dealing with extreme fragmentation and voluntary land consolidation
  • Cost Benefit Analysis of land consolidation
  • Land consolidation in case of permissible compulsory aquisition