The results indicate that the British government had attempted several times to make laws in order to capture land value increment benefit by levying development charge or betterment since World War and didn t obtain anticipated effects,however.

On the basis of explaining the theory of betterment problem and the case study of the development charge policy in Singapore,this paper analyzes the relationship between the development charge and urban planning and development through three topics:the internalization of externality,the flexibility of planning control,and the effects on property market.