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100			_aLawrence WC Lai _958028
245			_aSurveying was a kind of writing on the land: _bThe economics of land division as town planning/
260			_bSage, _c2020.
300			_aVol.19, Issue 4, 2020 ( 421–444 p.).
520			_aThis article is about the economic role of the primaeval layouts (plats) for a new development area as a conscious act of physical planning. It explains that these foundational layouts of a town or country in the ‘new world’ were traditionally the work of a surveyor, the impacts of which have been lasting. Typically following a grid iron pattern, with roots in ancient history, the layout of the surveyor may not look attractive. Yet, it has stood the test of time and continued to condition modern development. It serves two significant economic functions. First, it reduces several types of transaction costs, namely, those of competition for land, valuation allocation, identification and subdivision of land as well as revising a layout. Second, it serves to achieve agglomeration, establish a proprietary and common setting and provide vital information as different forms of public good.
700			_aStephen NG Davies _958029
773	0		_08831 _917116 _dLondon Sage Publications Ltd. 2002 _tPlanning theory _x1473-0952
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/1473095220912791
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