ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with a short review of the Greek history of land development. Giving commentary to the nationalization of land in Scotland from the perspective of the national setting of Greece is both difficult and challenging. Small properties in land became – and still are – the dominant characteristic of land in Greece. Scarcity of public space in the urban environment has been considered of prime importance for the land issue in Greece. In Greece, private properties of land have the legal obligation to contribute in land and money for public spaces and amenities, through a variety of alternative land policy instruments. Regarding land policy instruments in Scotland and Greece, one can observe that while in Scotland they are fewer, of a more abstract nature, embodying sociopolitical dimensions; in Greece they are more precise, quantitative, numerous, and in the form of laws.
