Community-based feedback to improve land pooling for planned urbanization: A case study of Thimphu, Bhutan

Land governance and tenure security at scale: Lessons from the field

“…Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Land Use Policy journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/landusepol https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105451 development while also respecting the rights of current land holders and enabling them to benefit from rising land values even when their rights have not been formally registered. To meet the growing demand for housing, (Farrin et al, 2019) describe how Bhutan used land pooling to acquire land for housing while ensuring that the original landowners were granted rights to obtain land in the new housing scheme so that they benefitted from rising land values. Analyzing the results of this land pooling scheme, the authors found that although original landowners did benefit, the challenge now has devolved to tenants, whose rents are beginning to soar.…”