The Contemporary Commons: understanding competing property rights

Boydell, S; Searle, GH; Small, GR

The Contemporary Commons: understanding competing property rights

Boydell, S Searle, GH Small, GR

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Publisher:: SOAC
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: State of Australian Cities (SOAC) Conference, 2007, pp. 1087 - 1096
Issue Date:: 2007-01

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dc.contributor.author	Boydell, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Searle, GH	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Small, GR	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Hamnett, S	en_US
dc.date	2007-11-28	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	State of Australian Cities (SOAC) Conference, 2007, pp. 1087 - 1096	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-646-48194-4	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/7367
dc.description.abstract	The city comprises a milieu of competing and complementary property rights, ranging from the individual to the communal. Whilst property rights provide a coherent legal, economic and social framework for the relationship between people, place and property, they are often misunderstood and misinterpreted by the multiplicity of stakeholders sharing the space that is the contemporary metropolis. The competing demands and expectations on space, exacerbated by the needs of urban consolidation in the evolving Australian cityscape, add to the confusion. The heterogeneous nature of the commons, both in composition and extent in different urban contexts, is discussed as a central issue in competition for property rights. The paper explores frameworks for identifying appropriate divisions between individual property rights and those of communities and society in general. It also discusses the appropriateness of controls, markets, voluntary agreement and other mechanisms for allocating property rights in urban development contexts. By combining planning, economics and property theory perspectives, this paper identifies research gaps relating to the contemporary commons, providing an agenda prioritising property rights for future research funding.	en_US
dc.publisher	SOAC	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	State of Australian Cities (SOAC) Conference	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	State of Australian Cities Conference	en_US
dc.title	The Contemporary Commons: understanding competing property rights	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Adelaide, Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Adelaide, Australia	en_US
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dc.location.activity	Adelaide, Australia	en_US
dc.location.activity	Seoul, Korea
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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pubs.place-of-publication	Adelaide, Australia	en_US
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Abstract:

The city comprises a milieu of competing and complementary property rights, ranging from the individual to the communal. Whilst property rights provide a coherent legal, economic and social framework for the relationship between people, place and property, they are often misunderstood and misinterpreted by the multiplicity of stakeholders sharing the space that is the contemporary metropolis. The competing demands and expectations on space, exacerbated by the needs of urban consolidation in the evolving Australian cityscape, add to the confusion. The heterogeneous nature of the commons, both in composition and extent in different urban contexts, is discussed as a central issue in competition for property rights. The paper explores frameworks for identifying appropriate divisions between individual property rights and those of communities and society in general. It also discusses the appropriateness of controls, markets, voluntary agreement and other mechanisms for allocating property rights in urban development contexts. By combining planning, economics and property theory perspectives, this paper identifies research gaps relating to the contemporary commons, providing an agenda prioritising property rights for future research funding.

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