About the Event Series
Without doubt, Taiwan’s existing policy tools of urban land development have generated significant financial incentives and have also created huge profit and wealth in land. Crucial questions regarding land’s social values, however, have yet to be asked and seriously examined. For example, who benefits? Who loses out? To what extent have land prices been driven higher by regulatory tools? Is the so-called “captured value” from private property developers’ contributions really worthwhile? Who decides what needs to be contributed? And for how much? And at what cost?
This series of three events on The Social Values of Urban Land Development is organized by the collaboration between the Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, the Lab for Integrated Socio-Spatial Science and Information at National Chengchi University, and the Organization of Urban Re-s (OURs). This project is also supported by an Urban Studies Foundation Knowledge Mobilization Award grant.
Join us to explore, rethink, and debate questions about what kinds of urban futures and housing conditions we desire for our cities.
Event Details
(All contents and talks will be held in Mandarin.)
This series of events includes one public talk followed by two discussion panels. The first talk will also serve as an introduction to the major themes explored in the two panels. Building on mixed methods and case studies, the talk will discuss the effects of density bonusing on land markets, land prices, and the urban public in the city. The two panels are joined by scholars and practitioners who have since long paid close attention to issues related to land development regulatory tools and affordable housing. Panelists’ discussions will focus on possibilities and alternatives for more progressive and socially just practices of land.
Event 1: July 30, 2022 (Saturday), 10am-12pm
Location: On-line Meeting (We will further send out the meeting link to registered attendees)
Open Remarks
Tzu-Chin Lin (Director, Lab for Integrated Socio-Spatial Science and Information, College of Social Sciences, National Chengchi University)
Stuart Shapiro (Interim Dean, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy)
Yang-Kai Peng (Secretary General, Organization of Urban Re-s)
Public Talk
Land’s Social Values: What Kinds of Land Markets and Urban Futures Have Density Tools Created?
Moderator:
Tzu-Chin Lin (Director, Lab for Integrated Socio-Spatial Science and Information, College of Social Sciences, National Chengchi University)
Speakers:
Mi Shih (Associate Professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University)
Ying-Hui Chiang (Assistant Professor, Lab for Integrated Socio-Spatial Science and Information, College of Social Sciences, National Chengchi University)
Event 2: July 30, 2022 (Saturday), 2pm-4pm
Location: On-line Meeting (We will further send out meeting link to registered attendees)
Panel Discussion
Policy Tools of Urban Land Development: Who Benefits? Who Loses Out? What Reforms and New Practices Do We Need for Land Justice?
Moderator:
Yang-Kai Peng (Secretary General, Organization of Urban Re-s)
Panelists:
Yen-Hsing Hsu (Director, Department of Urban Development, Keelung City Government)/ Urban Density Bonusing: Its Origin and Relationship with Urban Redevelopment
Chia-Ming Tsai President (Wisdomfun Real Estate Information Consultancy)/ Transfer of Development Rights: An Issue of What? A Benefit for Whom?
Hung-Ying Chen (Assistant Professor, International College of Innovation, National Chengchi University)/ Rethinking Climate Justice and the Social Value of Land Development
Han-Lin Tsai (President, Lien-Yun Development Company)/ Challenges of Density Bonusing and Possible Directions for Improvement
Event 3: July 31, 2022 (Sunday), 10am-12pm
Location: On-line Meeting (We will further send out the meeting link to registered attendees)
Panel Discussion
Affordable Urban Housing: How Do We Avoid the Trap of Self-Financing?
How Might We Diversify Housing Provisions? What Innovative Design Ideas and Social Imaginations Do We Need for Good Social Housing?
Moderator:
Mi Shih (Associate Professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University)
Panelists:
Te-Chuan Li (Deputy Secretary General, Taipei City Government)/ Challenges and opportunities of affordable housing in Taipei
Yang-Kai Peng (Secretary General, Organization of Urban Re-s)/ Capturing urban land value for social housing
Li-Ling Huang (Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Building and Planning, National Taiwan University)/ Positioning Social Housing in Taiwan
Po-Hung Liu (Director, Collaborative O. Company)/ Building Social Housing: An Opportunity for Creating Good Housing Culture and Social Relationships
Contact Us
Lab for Integrated Socio-Spatial Science and Information, National Chengchi University
EMAIL: lissiws2022@gmail.com