This book originates from a conference held at the Maison Franco-Japonaise (Tokyo), in September 10-11, 2001 entitled “Asian /European Real Estate Crises and Their Management”. The conference was organized by Natacha Aveline, research fellow at the Maison Franco-Japonaise from September 2000 to August 2002.This book examines the public policies implemented in five North-Asian countries/regions to address the dropp of land prices after the 1997 Asian crisis. It displays a substantial variety of strategies across Northeast Asia, resulting from a complex set of colonial legacies (Japanese legacy in Taiwan and South-Korea, British legacy in Hong Kong), and regional or national specific ways of addressing land issues (emphasis on Henry Georges' theory in Taiwan, emerging land markets in Mainland China)