Prof. Dr. Jean-David Gerber

Executive Director GIUB / Unit Leader political urbanism and sustainable spatial development

E-Mail
jean-david.gerber@unibe.ch
Office
111
Postal Address
University of Bern
Institute of Geography
Urban & Regional Planning
Hallerstrasse 12
CH-3012 Bern
Consultation Hour
by agreement
since 2017 Associate Professor for Political Urbanism and Sustainable Spatial Development, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland
2012-2017 Assistant Professor for Urban & Regional Planning, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland
2009-2012  Lecturer, Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2007-2009
Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley, USA
2005-2007  Research Associate, IDHEAP, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2005
PhD in Public Administration, Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP), University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2004
Postgraduate degree in Urban Development, Resources Management and Governance, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
2001
MSc in Environmental Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Land use planning:

  • Land use planning as a public policy
  • Land policy and the role of the property rights in land use planning
  • Land as a scarce resource
  • Agency and the role of actors' strategies, including issues of empowerment, participation, local governance and conflicts 

Housing policy:

  • Housing policy and politics
  • Housing as a right vs. housing as a commodity
  • Housing cooperatives and other alternative models

Resources and sustainability:

  • Constructivist approach to natural resources
  • Processes of commodification and decommodification of resources
  • Landscape as a resource
  • Commons

Large-scale investments ('land grabbing') and regional development

  • Large-scale land acquisitions at the meeting point between different scales of regulation
  • Legal pluralism
  • Local resistance strategies
  • Appropriation of the Commons
  • Telecoupling
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2024

Bouwmeester, Josje; Hartmann, Thomas; Ay, Deniz; Gerber, Jean-David (2024). Making room for affordable housing: Project-based negotiations between planning authorities and landowners in Dutch and Swiss densification. Land use policy, 144, p. 107264. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107264

Verheij, Jessica; Gerber, Jean-David; Nahrath, Stéphane (2024). Commoning the compact city: The role of old and new commons in urban development. Geoforum, 152 Elsevier 10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.104019

2023

Verheij, Jessica; Ay, Deniz; Gerber, Jean-David; Nahrath, Stéphane (2023). Ensuring Public Access to Green Spaces in Urban Densification: The Role of Planning and Property Rights. Planning Theory & Practice, 24(3), pp. 342-365. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/14649357.2023.2239215

Steinegger, Sarah; Gerber, Jean-David (20 June 2023). Balancing productivity and multifunctionality: The case of a cereal processing commons (Unpublished). In: International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) Conference. Nairobi, Kenya. 19 - 24 June 2023.

Gerber, Jean-David (19 June 2023). Urban commons at the commonification / decommodification nexus – which contribution to a post-growth organization of society? (Unpublished). In: International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) Conference. Nairobi, Kenya. 19 - 24 June 2023.

Bouwmeester, Josje; Gerber, Jean-David; Hartmann, Thomas; Ay, Deniz (2023). Non-compliance and non-enforcement: An unexpected outcome of flexible soft densification policy in the Netherlands. Land use policy, 126, p. 106525. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106525

2022

Verheij, Berit Jessica; Gerber, Jean-David; Nahrath, Stéphane (19 November 2022). To whom does it belong? Urban green commons in a densifying neighbourhood in Bern (Unpublished). In: Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2022. Lausanne, Schweiz. 17.-20. November 2022.

Gerber, Jean-David; Debrunner, Gabriela (2022). Planning with power. Implementing urban densification policies in Zurich, Switzerland. Land use policy, 123, p. 106400. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106400

Steinegger, Sarah; Gerber, Jean-David; Oberlack, Christoph (12 September 2022). Environmental Justice in mountain foodscapes through commoning: The Participatory Guarantee System in Peru (Unpublished). In: International Mountain Conference. Innsbruck. 11.-15. September 2022.

Natia, James Adam; Adams, Timothy; Gerber, Jean-David; Amacker, Michèle (2022). The dilemma of women empowerment in informal artisanal and small-scale gold ore mining in Ghana. Cogent Social Sciences, 8(1) Taylor & Francis 10.1080/23311886.2022.2108231

Ay, Deniz; Gerber, Jean-David (25 July 2022). Formalizing or normalizing informality? A neo-institutionalist analysis of zoning amnesty as a land-use policy (Unpublished). In: AESOP Annual Congress. Tartu, Estland. 25.-29.07.2022.

Steinegger, Sarah; Gerber, Jean-David; Oberlack, Christoph (22 July 2022). Collective, producers-based governance of mountain foodscapes: Commonification for cultural and regional dimensions of global sustainability? (Unpublished). In: UGI-IGU. Paris. 18.-22. Juli 2022.

Verheij, Berit Jessica; Gerber, Jean-David; Nahrath, Stéphane (20 July 2022). Building the green dense city - An institutional analysis of the production of green spaces in densifying neighbourhoods (Unpublished). In: UGI-IGU. Paris, Frankreich. 18.-22. Juli 2022.

Ay, Deniz; Götze, Vera; Gerber, Jean-David (8 July 2022). How to plan for care-full densification? Social sustainability of densification where social policy meets land-use planning (Unpublished). In: PLPR. Gent, Belgien. 4.-8. Juli 2022.

Verheij, Berit Jessica; Ay, Deniz; Gerber, Jean-David; Nahrath, Stéphane (8 July 2022). Ensuring public access to green space in market-led densification - Evidence from Dutch and Swiss inner-city development (Unpublished). In: PLPR. Gent, Belgien. 4.-8. Juli 2022.

Steinegger, Sarah; Gerber, Jean-David; Oberlack, Christoph (8 July 2022). Geographical Indications for Food: A Faustian Bargain between Heritage Preservation and Better Access to Origin-Based Market Segments? (Unpublished). In: Worldwide Perspectives on Geographical Indications. Montpellier. 5.-8. Juli 2022.

Gerber, Jean-David (6 July 2022). Planning with power. A theory-informed discussion of the distributional effects of urban densification (Unpublished). In: PLPR. Gent, Belgien. 4.-8. Juli 2022.

Gerber, Jean-David (30 June 2022). Les effets de la mise en œuvre de la LPN sur les stratégies politiques et foncières des associations de protection du paysage: le cas de Pro Natura (Unpublished). In: 6èmes journées suisses d’histoire. Genf, Schweiz. 29. Juni - 1. Juli 2022.

Gerber, Jean-David (5 May 2022). Strategic use of land policy instruments for affordable housing. Coping with social challenges under scarce land conditions in Swiss cities (Unpublished). In: Swiss Real Estate Research Congress. Zürich, Schweiz. 20. Mai 2022.

Debrunner, Gabriela; Jonkman, Arend; Gerber, Jean-David (2022). Planning for social sustainability: mechanisms of social exclusion in densification through large-scale redevelopment projects in Swiss cities. Housing studies, 39(1), pp. 146-167. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/02673037.2022.2033174

Chambers, Josephine M.; Wyborn, Carina; Klenk, Nicole L.; Ryan, Melanie; Serban, Anca; Bennett, Nathan J.; Brennan, Ruth; Charli-Joseph, Lakshmi; Fernández-Giménez, María E.; Galvin, Kathleen A.; Goldstein, Bruce E.; Haller, Tobias; Hill, Rosemary; Munera, Claudia; Nel, Jeanne L.; Österblom, Henrik; Reid, Robin S.; Riechers, Maraja; Spierenburg, Marja; Tengö, Maria; ... (2022). Co-productive agility and four collaborative pathways to sustainability transformations. Global environmental change, 72, p. 102422. Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102422

2021

Adam, James Natia; Adams, Timothy; Gerber, Jean-David (2021). The Politics of Decentralization: Competition in Land Administration and Management in Ghana. Land, 10(9), p. 948. MDPI 10.3390/land10090948

Chambers, Josephine M.; Wyborn, Carina; Ryan, Melanie E.; Reid, Robin S.; Riechers, Maraja; Serban, Anca; Bennett, Nathan J.; Cvitanovic, Christopher; Fernández-Giménez, María E.; Galvin, Kathleen A.; Goldstein, Bruce E.; Klenk, Nicole L.; Tengö, Maria; Brennan, Ruth; Cockburn, Jessica J.; Hill, Rosemary; Munera, Claudia; Nel, Jeanne L.; Österblom, Henrik; Bednarek, Angela T.; ... (2021). Six modes of co-production for sustainability. Nature sustainability, 4(11), pp. 983-996. Springer 10.1038/s41893-021-00755-x

Natia, James Adam; Oberlack, Christoph; Gerber, Jean-David (May 2021). Is Environmental Justice Necessary to Secure Land Access in Decentralization of Land Governance? Evidence from Ghana (Unpublished). In: EnJust Conference 2021. Freiburg. 19 - 21 May.

Haller, Tobias; Gerber, Jean-David; Liechti, Karina; Nahrath, Stéphane; Rohr, Christian; Stuber, Martin; Viallon, François-Xavier; Wunderli, Rahel (2021). Ostrom’s legacy on robustness and the ‘Swiss commons lab’: Introductory reflections on change and power in commons studies. In: Haller, Tobias; Liechti, Karina; Stuber, Martin; Viallon, François-Xavier; Wunderli, Rahel (eds.) Balancing the Commons in Switzerland. Institutional Transformations and Sustainable Innovations. Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management (pp. 1-13). London: Routledge

Adam, James Natia; Adams, Timothy; Gerber, Jean-David; Haller, Tobias (2021). Decentralization for Increased Sustainability in Natural Resource Management? Two Cautionary Cases from Ghana. Sustainability, 13(12), p. 6885. MDPI 10.3390/su13126885

2020

Debrunner, Gabriela; Gerber, Jean-David (2020). The Commodification of Temporary Housing. Cities. The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, 108, p. 102998. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cities.2020.102998

Gerber, Jean-David; Lieberherr, Eva; Knoepfel, Peter (2020). Governing contemporary commons: The Institutional Resource Regime in dialogue with other policy frameworks. Environmental science & policy, 112, pp. 155-163. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.06.009

Gerber, Jean-David; Haller, Tobias (2020). The drama of the grabbed commons: anti-politics machine and local responses. The journal of peasant studies, 48(6), pp. 1304-1327. Routledge 10.1080/03066150.2020.1758673

Gerber, Jean-David (2020). Active land policy for the provision of affordable housing. In: Hofstetter, Kurt; Miessgang, Madlyn; Pluch, Kerstin; Scheuvens, Rudolf; Wolfgring, Constanze (eds.) Neues soziales Wohnen - Positionen zur IBA_Wien 2022 (pp. 58-62). Berlin: Jovis Verlag

Gerber, Jean-David (19 February 2020). Is Land policy neoliberal? (Unpublished). In: Planning, Law and Property Rights (PLPR) Conference.

Debrunner, Gabriela; Hengstermann, Andreas; Gerber, Jean-David (2020). The Business of Densification. Distribution of Power, Wealth and Inequality in Swiss Policy Making. Town planning review, 91(3), pp. 259-281. Liverpool University Press 10.3828/tpr.2020.15

Debrunner, Gabriela; Hengstermann, Andreas; Gerber, Jean-David (2020). Die Wohnungsfrage ist eine Bodenfrage. Bodenpolitische Instrumente zur Sicherstellung des preisgünstigen Wohnraums im Bestand in Schweizer Städten (In Press). In: Schönig, Barbara; Vollmer, Lisa (eds.) Wohnungsfragen ohne Ende?! (pp. 57-76). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag

2019

Gerber, Jean-David (3 December 2019). The instruments of land policy – Dealing with the densification challenge (Unpublished). In: Approaches to limiting urban sprawl: policies, planning, and governance. Paris. 03.12.2019.

Gerber, Jean-David (4 September 2019). Ressource Boden – Werkzeuge der Bodenpolitik an europäischen Beispielen (Unpublished). In: Architektenkammer Bremen. Bremen.

Gerber, Jean-David (18 August 2019). Verdichtung ja, aber… Der Widerspruch zwischen planerischen Zielen und eigentumsrechtlicher Realität (Unpublished). In: Forum für Universität und Gesellschaft, “Verdichten als Chance”. Bern.

Haller, Tobias; Gerber, Jean-David (14 July 2019). The drama of the grabbed commons: CSR as anti-politics machines and local responses. (Unpublished). In: ECAS Conference: Connections and Disruptions. University of Edinburgh, UK. June 12-14, 2019.

Gerber, Jean-David (11 July 2019). Quotas in Land Use Planning. A few thoughts on an essential Instrument to deal with Scarcity (Unpublished). In: Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP).

Kellner, Elke; Oberlack, Christoph; Gerber, Jean-David (2019). Polycentric governance compensates for incoherence of resource regimes: The case of water uses under climate change in Oberhasli, Switzerland. Environmental science & policy, 100, pp. 126-135. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2019.06.008

Gerber, Jean-David (25 June 2019). The role of Alpine development regimes in the development of second homes: Preliminary lessons from Switzerland (Unpublished). In: Les résidences secondaires en question: état des lieux et perspectives.

Haller, Tobias; Adams, Timothy; Gmür, Désirée Ruth; Käser, Fabian David; Lanz, Kristina Verena; Marfurt, Franziska; Ryser, Sarah; Schubiger, Elisabeth; von Sury, Anna Asha; Gerber, Jean-David (2019). Large Scale Land Acquisition as Commons Grabbing: A comparative study on cases from Africa. In: Lozny, Ludomir R.; McGovern, Thomas (eds.) Global Perspectives on Long Term Community Resource Management. Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation: Vol. 11 (pp. 125-164). Berlin, New York: Springer International Publishing

Adams, Timothy; Gerber, Jean-David; Amacker, Michèle (2019). Constraints and opportunities in gender relations: Sugarcane outgrower schemes in Malawi. World development, 122, pp. 282-294. Elsevier 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.05.029

Lanz, Kristina Verena; Prügl, Elisabeth; Gerber, Jean-David (2019). The poverty of neoliberalized feminism: gender equality in a ‘best practice’ large-scale land investment in Ghana. The journal of peasant studies, 47(3), pp. 525-543. Routledge 10.1080/03066150.2019.1602525

Gerber, Jean-David (23 May 2019). Aktive Bodenpolitik zur sozialen Wohnraumversorgung – Erfahrung aus einigen schweizerischen Städten (Unpublished). In: Boden. Wirtschaft. Gesellschaft. Ressourcen für ein Recht auf Wohnen. Weimar.

Haller, Tobias; Gerber, Jean-David (24 April 2019). The drama of the grabbed commons: CSR as anti-politics machines and local responses (Unpublished). In: 4th Open Science Meeting of the Global Land Programme (GLP). Bern, Switzerland. 24.-26.04.2019.

2018

Adams, Timothy; Gerber, Jean-David; Amacker, Michèle; Haller, Tobias (2018). Who gains from contract farming? Dependencies, power relations, and institutional change. The journal of peasant studies, 46(7), pp. 1435-1457. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/03066150.2018.1534100

Boillat, Sébastien; Gerber, Jean-David; Oberlack, Christoph; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rist, Stephan (2018). Distant Interactions, Power, and Environmental Justice in Protected Area Governance: A Telecoupling Perspective. Sustainability, 10(11), p. 3954. MDPI 10.3390/su10113954

Gerber, Jean-David; Bandi, Monika (2018). The role of Alpine development regimes in the development of second homes: Preliminary lessons from Switzerland. Land use policy, 77, pp. 859-870. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.09.017

Gerber, Jean-David; Debrunner, Gabriela (11 July 2018). The Commodification of Interim Housing - The Case of Zurich, Switzerland (Unpublished). In: AESOP Planning Conference. Gothenburg, Sweden. July 2018.

Kellner, Elke; Oberlack, Christoph; Gerber, Jean-David; Weingartner, Rolf (18 June 2018). Polycentric governance can compensate an incoherent regime under climate change. The case of multifunctional water use in Oberhasli, Switzerland (Unpublished). In: Multi-use of water and related management implications under a changing climate. 18.-19.6.2018.

Haller, Tobias; Gerber, Jean-David; Rohr, Christian; Mann, Stefan; Nahrath, Stéphane (8 June 2018). „Kollektives Ressourcenmanagement“ oder „Allmend-Regelwerke“? Überlegungen zu einem interdisziplinären Forschungsprojekt (Unpublished). In: „Pâturages et fôrets collectifs – économie, participation, durabilité“ / „Alpi e boschi comuni – economia, partecipazione, sostentibilità“ / „Kollektive Weiden und Wälder – Ökonomie, Partizipation, Nachhaltigkeit“. Altdorf. 08.-09.06.2018.

Gerber, Jean-David (26 April 2018). Knappheit und die bodenpolitische Wende (Unpublished). In: Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung (ARL), “Flächenentwicklung im Widerstreit der Interessen”. München.

Bandi Tanner, Monika; Herzog, Jolanda; Gerber, Jean-David (2018). Das Zweitwohnungsgesetz und sein Einfluss auf lokale Wachstumskoalitionen : Erste Überlegungen am Fallbeispiel Oberengadin (Tourismus-Impulse 16). Bern: CRED - Center for Regional Economic Development

Gerber, Jean-David; Hengstermann, Andreas; Viallon, François-Xavier (2018). Land policy – how to deal with scarcity of land. In: Gerber, Jean-David; Hartmann, Thomas; Hengstermann, Andreas (eds.) Instruments of Land Policy - Dealing with Scarcity of Land. Urban Planning and Environment (pp. 8-26). Routledge

Gerber, Jean-David; Hartmann, Thomas; Hengstermann, Andreas (2018). Planning with or against property rights. In: Gerber, Jean-David; Hartmann, Thomas; Hengstermann, Andreas (eds.) Instruments of Land Policy - Dealing with Scarcity of Land. Urban Planning and Environment (pp. 337-349). Routledge

Gerber, Jean-David (2018). Regional Nature Parks in Switzerland: Between top-Down and Bottom-Up Institution Building for Landscape Management. Human ecology, 46(1), pp. 65-77. Springer 10.1007/s10745-017-9913-6

Gerber, Jean-David; Hartmann, Thomas; Hengstermann, Andreas (eds.) (2018). Instruments of Land Policy. Dealing with Scarcity of Land. Urban Planning and Environment. London: Routledge

Oberlack, Christoph; Boillat, Sébastien; Brönnimann, Stefan; Gerber, Jean-David; Heinimann, Andreas; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2018). Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems. Ecology and Society, 23(1) Resilience Alliance Publications 10.5751/ES-09902-230116

Hartmann, Thomas; Gerber, Jean-David (2018). Land, scarity, and property rights. In: Gerber, Jean-David; Hartmann, Thomas; Hengstermann, Andreas (eds.) Instruments of Land Policy. Dealing with Scarity of Land. Urban Planning and Environment (pp. 3-7). Routledge

Gerber, Jean-David (2018). A Swiss perspective on time-limited property rights: Strategic use for active land policy. In: Gerber, Jean-David; Hartmann, Thomas; Hengstermann, Andreas (eds.) Instruments of Land Policy. Dealing with Scarity of Land. Urban Planning and Environment (pp. 260-264). Routledge

Lanz, Kristina Verena; Gerber, Jean-David; Haller, Tobias (2018). Land Grabbing, the State and Chiefs: The Politics of Extending Commercial Agriculture in Ghana. Development and Change, 49(6), pp. 1526-1552. Wiley 10.1111/dech.12429

Kellner, Elke; Oberlack, Christoph; Gerber, Jean-David (2018). Evolving polycentric climate governance. The case of multifunctional water use in Oberhasli, Switzerland. In: Füreder, Leopold; Weingartner, Rolf; Heinrich, Kati; Braun, Valerie; Köck, Günter; Lanz, Klaus; Scheurer, Thomas (eds.) Alpine Water - common good or source of conflicts? Proceedings of the Forum Alpinum 2018 & 7th Water Conference (p. 79). Breitenwang (Tyrol): Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

2017

Gerber, Jean-David (20 October 2017). Die Grundeigentümerin als Monopolistin (Unpublished). In: Center for Urban & Real Estate Management (Curem), “Der mobile Boden”. Zürich.

Gerber, Jean-David (20 March 2017). Die Rolle bodenpolitischer Strategien bei der Realisierung von Entwicklungsschwerpunkten (ESP) (Unpublished). In: Schwerpunktthema ‘Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer aktiven Bodenpolitik von Kanton und Gemeinden’. Bern. 20.03.2017.

Gerber, Jean-David; Balmer, Ivo Josef Quirin Maria (24 February 2017). Why are housing cooperatives successful? Insights from Swiss affordable housing policy (Unpublished). In: Planning, Law and Property Rights (PLPR) Conference.

Hengstermann, Andreas; Gerber, Jean-David (2017). Die faktische und explizite Bauverpflichtung - eine Rezension des bodenpolitischen Instruments in Recht und Praxis. UPR - Umwelt- und Planungsrecht, 37(1), pp. 16-24. Jehle

Gerber, Jean-David; Gerber, Julien-François (2017). Decommodification as a foundation for ecological economics. Ecological economics, 131, pp. 551-556. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.08.030

Gerber, Jean-David; Nahrath, Stéphane; Hartmann, Thomas (2017). The strategic use of time-limited property rights in land-use planning: Evidence from Switzerland. Environment and planning A, 49(7), pp. 1684-1703. Sage Publications 10.1177/0308518X17701916

Balmer, Ivo; Gerber, Jean-David (2017). Why are housing cooperatives successful? Insights from Swiss affordable housing policy. Housing studies, 33(3), pp. 361-385. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/02673037.2017.1344958

Oberlack, Christoph; Boillat, Sébastien; Brönnimann, Stefan; Gerber, Jean-David; Giger, Markus; Heinimann, Andreas; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Mann, Stefan; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Wiesmann, Urs (2017). Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems: Is the tragedy of the grabbed commons unavoidable? (Unpublished). In: XVI. Global Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons. Utrecht, Netherlands. 10-14 July 2017.

Gerber, Jean-David; Hess, Gérald (2017). From landscape resources to landscape commons: focussing on the non-utility values of landscape. International journal of the commons, 11(2), pp. 708-732. Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals 10.18352/ijc.745

2016

Gerber, Jean-David (11 May 2016). New Commons for Redistributing the Profits of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions (Unpublished). In: European International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) Conference.

Hengstermann, Andreas Heinrich; Gerber, Jean-David (15 February 2016). Scarcity and the shift toward land policy (Unpublished). In: Planning, Law and Property Rights (PLPR) Conference.

Gerber, Jean-David (2016). The managerial turn and municipal land-use planning in Switzerland – evidence from practice. Planning Theory & Practice, 17(2), pp. 192-209. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/14649357.2016.1161063

Kodjovi, Marie-Joëlle; Bombenger, Pierre-Henri; Gerber, Jean-David (2016). L’objectivation des impacts paysagers des projets éoliens : solution ou source de conflits ? Géo-Regards: Revue neuchâteloise de géographie, 8, pp. 85-98. Institut de géographie de l'Université de Neuchâtel

2015

Hengstermann, Andreas; Gerber, Jean-David (2015). Aktive Bodenpolitik - Eine Auseinandersetzung vor dem Hintergrund der Revision des eidgenössischen Raumplanungsgesetzes. Flächenmanagement und Bodenordnung, 2015(6), pp. 241-250. Chmielorz

Gerber, Jean-David (10 July 2015). The role of Alpine growth coalitions in the development of secondary residences. Preliminary lessons from Switzerland (Unpublished). In: Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development (LANDac) Conference.

Gerber, Jean-David (13 April 2015). Maîtrise foncière en Suisse: dynamiques entre acquisition foncière et aménagement du territoire (Unpublished). In: Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Dijon, Séminaire “Maitrise de la croissance urbaine: outils, comportement des acteurs, impacts environnementaux".

Gerber, Jean-David (26 February 2015). Time-limited property rights for flexible spatial development strategies (Unpublished). In: Planning, Law and Property Rights (PLPR) Conference.

Larrue, Corinne; Bonnefond, Mathieu; Gerber, Jean-David; Knoepfel, Peter (2015). Landscape resources and place: Is regulation necessary? In: Luginbühl, Yves; Howard, Peter; Terrasson, Daniel (eds.) Landscape and Sustainable Devleopment. The French Perspective (pp. 109-120). London and New York: Routledge

2014

Gerber, Jean-David (6 November 2014). Empfehlungen zur Gestaltung fortschrittlicher Bodenstrategien (Unpublished). In: Im Interesse der Mehrheit – Veränderung kleinteiliger Grundeigentumsstrukturen. Zürich.

Gerber, Jean-David (8 July 2014). The disruptive impact of large-scale land acquisitions on the governance of the local food system (Unpublished). In: ECPR, University of Glasgow.

Gerber, Jean-David (4 July 2014). Institutionelle Ressourcenregimes (IRR) Framework (Unpublished). In: ARL Planungstheorie-Workshop an der TU Wien.

Gerber, Jean-David (21 March 2014). Les espaces fonctionnels de régulation un nouveau référentiel de gestion intégrée des eaux? (Unpublished). In: Journée d’étude sur la gestion intégrée de l’eau par bassin.

Gerber, Jean-David; Hengstermann, Andreas Heinrich (14 February 2014). An appraisal of the evolution of Swiss spatial planning regulations (Unpublished). In: Planning, Law and Property Rights (PLPR) Conference.

Hengstermann, Andreas Heinrich; Gerber, Jean-David (14 February 2014). From Spatial Planning towards Land Policy? (Unpublished). In: Planning, Law and Property Rights (PLPR) Conference. Haifa, Israel. 10.02 - 14.02.2014.

Nahrath, Stéphane; Gerber, Jean-David (2014). Pour une approche ressourcielle du développement durable. Developpement Durable et Territoires, 5(2), pp. 2-19. Reseau Developpement Durable et Territoires Fragiles 10.4000/developpementdurable.10311

2013

Varone, Frédéric; Nahrath, Stéphane; Aubin, David; Gerber, Jean-David (2013). Functional regulatory spaces. Policy sciences, 46(4), pp. 311-333. Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 10.1007/s11077-013-9174-1

Gerber, Jean-David (16 July 2013). The land use strategies of local authorities in the aftermath of new public management. Impacts on spatial development and sustainability (Unpublished). In: Joint AESOP/ACSP Congress, University College.

Larrue, Corinne; Bonnefond, Mathieu; Gerber, Jean-David; Knoepfel, Peter (2013). Ressource paysagère et territoire: une nécessaire régulation? In: Luginbühl, Yves; Terrasson, Daniel (eds.) Paysage et développement durable (pp. 129-142). Versailles: éditions QUAE

Gerber, Jean-David; Nahrath, Stéphane (2013). Beitrag zur Entwicklung eines Ressourcenansatzes der Nachhaltigkeit: eine Diskussion am Beispiel der Regulation der Bodenressource in der Schweiz (CRED Research Paper 3). Center for Regional Economic Development

2012

Gerber, Jean-David; Rissman, Adena R. (2012). Land-conservation strategies: the dynamic relationship between acquisition and land-use planning. Environment and planning A, 44(8), pp. 1836-1855. London: Pion 10.1068/a44395

Knoepfel, Peter; Csikos, Patrick; Gerber, Jean-David; Nahrath, Stéphane (2012). Transformation der Rolle des Staates und der Grundeigentümer in städtischen Raumentwicklungsprozessen im Lichte der nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Politische Vierteljahresschrift(3), pp. 414-443. Baden-Baden: Nomos

Gerber, Jean-David (2012). The difficulty of integrating land trusts in land use planning. Landscape and urban planning, 104(2), pp. 289-298. Elsevier 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.11.002

Nahrath, Stéphane; Gerber, Jean-David; Knoepfel, Peter; Bréthaut, Christian (2012). Gestion des ressources communes en Suisse: le rôle des institutions de gestion communautaire dans les politiques environnementales et d'aménagement du territoire. Natures Sciences Sociétés, 20(1), pp. 39-51. EDP Sciences 10.1051/nss/2011134

Ariffin, Yohan; Arnsperger, Christian; Augagneur, Floran; Bolens, Guillemette; Bouleau, Nicolas; Bourg, Dominique; Cassiers, Isabelle; Chapelle, Gauthier; Duchemin, Eric; Dufumier, Marc; Faraco, Benoît; Fragnière, Augustin; Frund, Benoît; Gerber, Jean-David; Giraud, Gaël; Gouyon, Pierre Henry; Grandjean, Alain; Hudon, Marek; Hulot, Nicolas; Hess, Gérald; ... (2012). Manifeste pour une sortie de crise par l’écologie. VertigO - la revue électronique en sciences de l'environnement revues.org 10.4000/vertigo.11958

2011

Gerber, Jean-David (29 September 2011). Regional development strategies: the dynamic relationship between acquisition and land use planning (Unpublished). In: Global Initiative for Restructuring Environment and Management (GIREM) Leadership Summit.

Gerber, Jean-David (20 April 2011). Exproprier pour bâtir des logements? Ouvrons le débat. Le Temps, p. 14. Le Temps

Gerber, Jean-David; Nahrath, Stéphane; Csikos, Patrick; Knoepfel, Peter (2011). The role of Swiss civic corporations in land use planning. Environment and planning A, 43(1), pp. 185-204. Pion 10.1068/a43293

2010

Nahrath, Stéphane; Varone, Frédéric; Gerber, Jean-David (2010). Les espaces fonctionnels de la durabilité. Vers une reconfiguration des politiques sectorielles, des territoires institutionnels et des droits de propriété? In: Maillefert, Muriel; Petit, Olivier; Rousseau, Sandrine (eds.) Ressources, territoires, patrimoines et développement durable. EcoPolis: Vol. 10 (pp. 219-237). Bern: Peter Lang

2009

Gerber, Jean-David; Savary, Jérôme (2009). Les ressources d'action des acteurs des politiques publiques sont-elles appropriables? In: Knoepfel, Peter (ed.) Réformes des politiques institutionnelles de gestion des ressources de l'action publique (pp. 117-136). Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes (PPUR)

Csikos, Patrick; Gerber, Jean-David (2009). L'impact de la nouvelle gestion publique sur la politique de gestion du patrimoine foncier et immobilier de la Confédération. In: Knoepfel, Peter (ed.) Réformes des politiques institutionnelles de gestion des ressources de l'action publique (pp. 231-254). Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes (PPUR)

Gerber, Jean-David; Nicol, Lee A; Oligiati, Mirta; Savary, Jérôme (2009). Analysing artificial resources: the added value and challenges of a resource-based approach. The case of housing stocks, landscape, public roads and information. In: Nahrath, Stéphane; Varone, Frédéric (eds.) Rediscovering Public Law and Public Administration in Comparative Policy Analysis: Tribute to Peter Knoepfel (pp. 255-278). Bern: Haupt

Nahrath, Stéphane; Varone, Frédéric; Gerber, Jean-David (2009). Les espaces fonctionnels: nouveau référentiel de la gestion durable des ressources? VertigO - la revue électronique en sciences de l'environnement, 9(1) revues.org

Gerber, Jean-David (2009). Le régime du paysage du parc naturel régional de Chasseral (Working Paper de l'IDHEAP).

Gerber, Jean-David (2009). Le régime du paysage d'Aletsch-Riederalp-Bettmeralp (Working Paper de l'IDHEAP).

Gerber, Jean-David; Knoepfel, Peter; Nahrath, Stéphane; Varone, Frédéric (2009). Institutional Resource Regimes: Toward Sustainability through combining Property Rights Theory and Policy Analysis. Ecological economics, 68(3), pp. 798-809. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.06.013

Nahrath, Stéphane; Knoepfel, Peter; Csikos, Patrick; Gerber, Jean-David (2009). Les stratégies politiques et foncières des grands propriétaires fonciers suisses - Étude comparée au niveau national. Cahier de l'IDHEAP: Vol. 246. IDHEAP

Knoepfel, Peter; Nahrath, Stéphane; Csikos, Patrick; Gerber, Jean-David (2009). Les stratégies politiques et foncières des grands propriétaires fonciers en action - Études de cas. Cahier de l'lDHEAP: Vol. 247. Chavannes-Lausanne: IDHEAP

2008

Varone, Frédéric; Nahrath, Stéphane; Gerber, Jean-David (2008). Régimes institutionnels de ressources et théorie de la régulation. Revue de la Régulation. Capitalisme, Institutions, Pouvoirs, 2 revues.org

Gerber, Jean-David; Knoepfel, Peter (2008). The Swiss Model of Regional Nature Parks. Toward a better coordination of landscape regulations. Mountain Research and Development, 28(2), pp. 110-115. International Mountain Society 10.1659/mrd.0938

Gerber, Jean-David; Nahrath, Stéphane; Thomi, Luzius; Reynard, Emmanuel (2008). The role of CPR institutions in the implementation of Swiss natural resources management policies. International journal of the commons, 2(2), pp. 222-247. Igitur

Nahrath, Stéphane; Fauconnet, Marie; Gerber, Jean-David; Knoepfel, Peter (2008). Le rôle des grands propriétaires fonciers collectifs dans les processus d'aménagement du territoire en Suisse. In: Monteventi Weber, Lilli; Deschenaux, Chantal; Tranda-Pittion, Michèle (eds.) Campagne-ville: le pas de deux (pp. 185-197). Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes (PPUR)

Nahrath, Stéphane; Csikos, Patrick; Gerber, Jean-David; Knoepfel, Peter (2008). Transformation des rapports à la propriété des grands propriétaires fonciers collectifs et urbanisme durable. Urbia. Les Cahiers du développement urbain durable, 6, pp. 87-106. Université de Lausanne

Gerber, Jean-David (2008). Les stratégies foncières des grands propriétaires fonciers collectifs: le cas des cantons et des communes de Bienne, la Chaux-de-Fonds et Zürich. (Working Paper de l'IDHEAP 8). IDHEAP Institut de hautes études en administration publique

Gerber, Jean-David (2008). Les stratégies foncières des grands propriétaires fonciers collectifs: le cas des bourgeoisies de Berne, Soleure et Coire (Working Paper de l'IDHEAP 9). IDHEAP Institut de hautes études en administration publique

Gerber, Jean-David (2008). Les stratégies foncières des grands propriétaires fonciers collectifs: le cas des chemins de fer fédéraux (CFF) (Working Paper de l'IDHEAP 10). IDHEAP Institut de hautes études en administration publique

Gerber, Jean-David (2008). Les stratégies foncières des grands propriétaires fonciers collectifs: la propriété foncière du Département fédéral de la défense, de la protection de la population et des sports (DDPS) (Working Paper de l'IDHEAP 10). IDHEAP Institut de hautes études en administration publique

Gerber, Jean-David (2008). Les stratégies foncières des grands propriétaires fonciers collectifs: le cas de Pro Natura (Working Paper de l'IDHEAP 10). IDHEAP Institut de hautes études en administration publique

Gerber, Jean-David (2008). Les stratégies foncières des grands propriétaires fonciers: étude de cas du pôle de développement économique du Wankdorf (Working Paper de l'IDHEAP 2). IDHEAP Institut de hautes études en administration publique

Gerber, Jean-David (2008). Les stratégies foncières des grands propriétaires fonciers: étude de cas de la place d'armes de Thoune (Working Paper de l'IDHEAP 4). IDHEAP Institut de hautes études en administration publique

2007

Gerber, Jean-David; Rodewald, Raimund; Knoepfel, Peter (2007). The sustainable management of the landscape: the lessons the new regional nature parks must draw from the experience of the old corporations. Revue de géographie alpine/Journal of alpine research, 95(3), pp. 64-74. Association pour la diffusion de la recherche alpine

Gerber, Jean-David; Sprunger, Samuel (2007). Die Wiedereinführung des Frauenschuhs. UNI NOVA Wissenschaftsmagazin(107), pp. 26-27. Universität Basel

Gerber, Jean-David; Rodewald, Raimund; Knoepfel, Peter (2007). Gestion durable du paysage. Revue de géographie alpine/Journal of alpine research(95-3), pp. 53-62. Association pour la diffusion de la recherche alpine 10.4000/rga.300

2006

Gerber, Jean-David (2006). Structures de gestion des rivalités d'usage du paysage: une analyse comparée de trois cas alpins. Oekologie & Gesellschaft / Ecologie & société: Vol. 21. Zürich: Rüegger

Knoepfel, Peter; Gerber, Jean-David (2006). Institutional Landscape Regimes - An Approach to the Resolution of Landscape Conflicts. NFP 48 "Landschaften und Lebensräume der Alpen". Zürich: Vdf Hochschulverlag 10.3218/3224-6

2005

Gerber, Jean-David (2005). Le régime institutionnel du paysage en action - les études de cas. Étude de cas - région d'Aletsch VS. In: Rodewald, Raimund; Knoepfel, Peter (eds.) Institutionelle Regime für Nachhaltige Landschaftsentwicklung. Ökologie & Gesellschaft: Vol. 20 (pp. 79-116). Zürich: Rüegger

Gerber, Jean-David (2005). Le régime institutionnel du paysage en action - les études de cas. Étude de cas - Baltschiedertal VS. In: Rodewald, Raimund; Knoepfel, Peter (eds.) Institutionelle Regime für nachhaltige Landschaftsentwicklung. Ökologie & Gesellschaft: Vol. 20 (pp. 117-150). Zürich: Rüegger

2004

Gerber, Jean-David (2004). Changement du régime insitutionnel du paysage. Le cas du Baltschiedertal (Working Paper de l'IDHEAP). IDHEAP Institut de hautes études en administration publique

Gerber, Jean-David (2004). Changement du régime institutionnel du paysage. Le cas Aletsch-Riederalp-Bettmeralp (Working Paper de l'IDHEAP). IDHEAP Institut de hautes études en administration publique

Rodewald, Raimund; Knoepfel, Peter; Gerber, Jean-David; Kummli Gonzalez, Isabelle; Mauch, Corine (2004). Anwendung des Prinzips der nachhaltigen Entwicklung für die Ressource Landschaft. Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, 35(4), pp. 107-114. Eugen Ulmer

Gerber, Jean-David; Baltisberger, Matthias; Leuchtmann, Adrian (2004). Effects of a snowmelt gradient on the population structure of Ranunculus alpestris (Ranunculaceae). Botanica Helvetica, 114(1), pp. 67-78. Birkhäuser

Gerber, Jean-David (2004). La nouvelle gouvernance comme moyen d'arbitrage entre les intérêts de développement et de protection du paysage. Cahier de l'IDHEAP: Vol. 215. IDHEAP