This report provides an overview of spatial and land-use planning systems across the
OECD. It contains country fact sheets that focus on formal aspects of planning systems,
as they are defined by laws and regulations. The country fact sheets describe the
responsibilities of each level of government with respect to spatial and land-use
planning. They include a description of all spatial and land-use plans of a country
and show their hierarchical relations in a diagram. For most countries, the fact sheets
also contain key statistics on land use. A summary chapter provides an overview of
the information in the country fact sheets and discusses land value capture tools,
land expropriation procedures, reforms of the planning system, and other issues. The
information provided in this report was collected through a survey that involved academic
experts on planning from all 32 countries covered.