Land Administration and Management in Ulaanbaater, Mongolia

The City of Ulaanbaatar (UB) is undergoing a historic transformation toward market-driven urban development. This growth remains strongly influenced by city policy decisions that affect the supply and location of land for public and private uses. P...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Economic & Sector Work
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCESS ROADS ACCESS TO LAND ACCOUNTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AIR AIR POLLUTION AIRPORT AIRPORTS ALTERNATIVE ROUTES ASSETS AUCTIONS AUDITING AUDITS AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE USE AUTOMOBILES BOND ISSUANCE BOOK VALUE BORROWING BUS BUS ROUTE BUSES CAR CAR USE CENTRAL CITY AREAS CITIES COLLATERAL COMMAND ECONOMY COMMUTERS DEBT DEBT FINANCING DECENTRALIZATION DRAINAGE DRIVERS DRIVING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYMENT EVASION EXTERNALITIES FLOOR SPACE GREEN BELT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGHWAYS INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERSECTIONS INVENTORY LABOR MARKETS LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND MANAGEMENT LAND PRICES LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE PATTERNS LAND VALUE LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION LEVIES LICENSES LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE LONGER TRIPS MARKET VALUE METROPOLITAN AREAS MIGRATION MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL DEBT MUNICIPAL REVENUE MUNICIPALITY NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NEIGHBORHOODS OPERATING EXPENSES PATRONAGE PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC PEDESTRIANS POLITICAL COMMITMENT POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPERTY TAXES PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PUBLIC PARKS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC REVENUES PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSIT PUBLIC TRANSIT ACCESS PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PUBLIC USE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REVENUE COLLECTION ROAD ROAD CONGESTION ROAD NETWORK ROAD SPACE ROADS ROUND TRIP ROUTE ROUTES SANITATION SETTLEMENTS SHELTER SPATIAL PLANNING SPRAWL STATE PROPERTY STREET LIGHTING STREETLIGHTS STREETS SUBSIDIARY TAX TAX RATES TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRANSIT TRANSIT CORRIDORS TRANSIT OPTIONS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TRAVEL BEHAVIOR TRUE UNDERGROUND URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN GROWTH URBAN LAND MANAGEMENT URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN PLANNING URBAN POOR URBAN SETTLEMENTS URBAN SPRAWL URBAN STREET VACANT LAND VEHICLE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS VEHICLE OWNERSHIP VEHICLES WALKING WATER POLLUTION WATER SUPPLY WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23980563/mongolia-land-administration-management-ulaanbaater http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21496

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Summary:	The City of Ulaanbaatar (UB) is undergoing a historic transformation toward market-driven urban development. This growth remains strongly influenced by city policy decisions that affect the supply and location of land for public and private uses. Private investment is concentrated in well-serviced land located in the central portion of the city and along major transportation corridors, which represent a small part of the total built area of the city. Mongolian law allows UB residents free access to land for residential use, which is commendable because it can reduce a substantial portion of the overall cost of housing. Due to these land allocations, however, low-density urban expansion has occurred along the urban fringes, which imposes heavy costs on transportation and the provision of basic utilities for city residents and omits an important possible source of revenue for financing these improvements. The current city administration clearly recognizes that urban land represents one of the most important assets under its guardianship and management. In particular, the administration is making a systematic effort to proactively manage land in the public interest. Notable achievements include: (i) a nearly complete, current accounting inventory of city-owned capital assets; (ii) surveying, mapping, inventorying, and auditing public-use land; and (iii) decisive administrative measures to stop and correct past practices of nontransparent and sometimes unlawful land allocations to private sector actors, and to protect public land from informal occupation. However, such reforms are incomplete, and the city administration s efforts are constrained by existing national laws and regulations and conflicting perceptions about land as a designated public entitlement for residential use. There are several outstanding challenges the city faces in improving the administration of land and supporting the function of urban land and property markets to support investment and economic growth.

Land Administration and Management in Ulaanbaater, Mongolia

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