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Responsible and Smart Land Management (2nd Edition)
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Responsible and Smart Land Management (2nd Edition)

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Planning and Landscape Architecture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 18 August 2025 | Viewed by 1757

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Walter T. de Vries

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School of Engineering and Design, Department of Aerospace and Geodesy, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Arcisstrasse 21, 80333 München, Germany
Interests: land management; land administration; land use planning; cadastre; land information; organizational and institutional aspects of land management
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Prof. Dr. Iwan Rudiarto

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Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia
Interests: climate change adaptation; urban climate; adaptive capacity; land tenure security; rental market; land titling; regency; open space; spatial planning

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue requests case reports and studies on responsible and smart land management methods. Responsible land management is a kind of land management that prepares and assesses interventions in land use, land size, land shapes, land rights, land tenure, and land values in a manner responsive to the needs of citizens and stakeholders; ensures the resilience of societal and biophysical structures; derives robust solutions using robust institutional structures; and relies on reliable and trustworthy decisions made by respected decision-makers, whereby all steps in the decision-making process are retraceable, all stakeholders can identify and recognize themselves in the decisions and interventions, and the validity of the decision is regularly reassessed.

Land management interventions are smart if both the construction of the policy and governance process leading up to a land intervention and the process through which citizens and stakeholders interact with each other are supported by active and passive sensors, social information technologies, new data management systems, systematic algorithms, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other innovative technologies. Studies that either identify the responsible use of these technologies, the effects of their uptake on land interventions, and/or the normative settings surrounding these technologies are desired for inclusion in this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Walter T. de Vries
Prof. Dr. Iwan Rudiarto
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From Policy to Practice: How Public Land Policies Shape Private-Sector Housing Development—An Indonesian Case
by Dian Rahmawati, Datuk Ary A. Samsura and Erwin van der Krabben
Land 2025, 14(5), 916; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14050916 - 23 Apr 2025
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The interplay between land availability and the housing market highlights the importance of government intervention through land policies. Effective land policies ensure in-time land availability and facilitate private sector involvement in housing development. This study examines how public land policies influence formal housing [...] Read more.
The interplay between land availability and the housing market highlights the importance of government intervention through land policies. Effective land policies ensure in-time land availability and facilitate private sector involvement in housing development. This study examines how public land policies influence formal housing development by the private sector, with a particular focus on land banking strategies—mechanisms involving the acquisition and holding of land for future use to ensure availability and capture value increases. While land banking policy aims to serve public benefits, private-sector land banking often prioritizes profit, creating governance challenges that shape housing development outcomes. This paper analyzes this phenomenon in the context of Indonesia by developing analytical framework of legitimacy, effectiveness, efficiency, and fairness. As a rapidly growing country with significant housing backlogs and a private-sector-dominated market, Indonesia’s land regulations present a critical case for examining these dynamics. Our analysis shows that while regulatory framework regulations emphasize land consolidation, acquisition, and development as instruments to facilitate private sector involvement in housing development, weak enforcement and regulatory ambiguities often undermine their effectiveness. The findings indicate that private-sector land banking is largely speculative, driven by profit-maximization strategies rather than housing provision, and is reinforced by inconsistent policy enforcement at the municipal level. A municipal case study further illustrates how governance challenges and discretionary compliance allow private developers to prioritize profitability over the affordable housing needs outlined in public policies. While land policies in Indonesia are framed as comprehensive planning tools, their implementation often favors specific beneficiaries, limiting their broader social impact. Full article
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