The last approach can be a particularly difficult one to enforce in areas under strong pressures for development, as these pressures will concentrate on certain parcels and, hence, on the properties of certain landowners. In principle, this extremely powerful, broad-ranging and flexible tool could be used in pursuit of and land use objective or set of objectives. Finally land-owners would be told that the only way landowners would be able to develop to the higher densities permitted would be by acquiring the requisite rights from those with surpluses over what they can use on their own parcels. This would establish conditions for a market in the rights, which would quickly come into being with prices rising to equilibrium levels. They should clearly be prohibited, and teir negative effects reversed to the extent possible.
Many incentives have the effect of restoring something that has been taken or taxed away.
We are just as interested, for these purposes, however, in approaches that are using only one of these elements. We are interested in locating as many other places as possible where such incentive-based tools or economic programs have been adopted or are being tried. We need, in fact, to begin gathering some examples immediately, and as many as possible within the next couple of weeks. If there is any written documentation on the program, we would appreciate receiving a copy by FedEx or DHL, and will be happy to pay for transshipment. In addition, upon completion of the study report, we will share the study report and any further publications with contributors If you have any questions, please respond directly to , as indicated above.