Land Value Capture: Innovative Financing for Urban Rail
- Vol.18(2), April-June
- New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2021
- 81-86p.
The Land Value Capture finance is rapidly acquiring global legitimacy as an ancillary and innovative source of funding for expensive urban transport projects. The economic impacts of public transit investments on surrounding properties make a strong case for transit value capture finance in emerging cities. However, Development Based Land Value Capture type mechanisms have unique advantages over Taxation Based Land Value Capture type mechanisms and vice versa. It is critical that city leaders and transit executives consider the unique advantages of the two types of LVC to ascertain which best fits their local context and funding objectives. The author suggest that alternatively, DBLVC and TBLVC mechanisms can be consolidated to meet a funding objective, while leveraging the strengths of each type.