Urban law, instruments of land planning and the legal regime of public property

Abstract

The author analyses how urban law has expanded its reach by regulating urban property and by influencing on the legal regime of public property. The manner in which the land planning instruments are articulated with the sector regime of public property in Chile (coasts, water, highways, streets, etc.) is studied to explain the way the different pertinent authorities coordinate and the flaws in our law. The author finally concludes that the pertinent instrument to implement a policy to guarantee a rational use of the land must be found within the planning instruments at a regional level, as a coordinating mechanism of the action of the national and local authorities together with transversal and sector competency.