Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-161) and index
1. Basic information. 1.1. Constitutional and legal framework and institutions. 1.2. The economic framework and recent changes. 1.3. The social context. 1.4. Land and property markets and the building industry. 1.5. Trends in spatial development -- 2. The policy environment. 2.1. Goals and aims -- 3. The framework and functioning of the urban land market. 3.1. The legal environment. 3.2. The financial environment. 3.3. The tax and subsidy environment -- 4. The process: the market environment. 4.1. Price-setting for urban land. 4.2. The actors and their behaviour. 4.3. The process of plan implementation -- 5. The outcome of the urban land market. 5.1. Changes in the structure of ownership. 5.2. Demand for building land and its supply. 5.3. Prices. 5.4. Land speculation -- 6. Case studies. 6.1. Provision of developable land in the Rennes District: two subdivision cases. 6.2. The reconversion of the steelworks site of Pompey (Nancy). 6.3. Two cases of industrial settlement in Alsace -- 7. The framework within which the urban property market functions. 7.1. The legal environment. 7.2. The financial environment. 7.3. The tax and subsidy environment -- 8. The process: the property market. 8.1. Price-setting. 8.2. Actors and their behaviour -- 9. The outcome of the urban property market. 9.1. Distribution of ownership and tenure. 9.2. Prices, rents and speculation -- 10. Case studies. 10.1. Meylan ZIRST (Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes). 10.2. ZAC Citroen-Cevennes -- 11. Evaluation of urban land and property markets. 11.1. Evaluation of the functioning of the urban land market. 11.2. Evaluation of the functioning of the market for urban property