Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Planning Law and Compulsory Acquisition in Australia Chapter 2. Compensation System in the People’S Republic of China Chapter 3. Government as Ground Landlord and Land Use Regulator: The Hong Kong Experience Chapter 4. Japan’S Land Use Law Chapter 5. Land Use Planning and Compensation in Korea Chapter 6. Land Acquisition in Malaysia Chapter 7. Compulsory Land Acquisition and Compensation in New Zealand Chapter 8. Compulsory Purchase in Singapore Chapter 9. The Land Use Zoning Control and the Land Expropriation System in Taiwan Chapter 10. Land Planning Law System, Land Acquisition, and Compulsory Purchase Law: The Case of Thailand Chapter 11. The Compulsory Purchase of Private Land in the United States List of Contributors Index