Abstract:
Management of urban land and its proper development
is a great problem due to rapid urbanization in Bangladesh.
The urban problem of the country is caused by
two factors, shortage of land and lack of planned development.
Therefore, a positive and effective government
intervention in the development process is needed.
The present study is aimed at exploring the possibility
of an innovative management approach for urban residential
development with minimum public expenditure. This
" . new approach, known as "Guided Land Development" has been
studied and examined through this study for the proper
land management and development of .urban fringe areas
in Bangladesh.
The whole analysis in this study has been based on
an area located near Dhaka city. Through this case
1 study it is examined the possibility of adopting. a
land management approach for planned development of
private residential lands in the urban fringe areas.
The research came out with results that, there is a
"\ wide scope for the application of Guided Land Development
for the planned development of the cities and
towns of Bangladesh. In the newly developing urbanfringe
areas, there is lack of streets, utility servi~
ces, communityfacili ties, open space etc. which are
essential. Lack of these in most of the growing private
residential areas are deteriorating urban living conditions.
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In Banglade.sh most of the urban-fringe lands are privately
owned. So, there is scope for planned urban
development through the Guided Land Development technique
which will enable to tackle the problems of piecemeal
and scattered land and building development,
delayed provision of road network, infrastructure and
social facilities. In the initial stage government
subsidy can be used for accelerating the implementation
of the project. But in course of time' it may not be
necessary when the owners will see the potential benefits
of such kinds of development process.
In this .process of land development, it will ensure
adequate supply of land for new residential development
and to counter land speculation which is a strong
barrier' in the process of land development and which
creates hi€;h land price in the market. Guided Land
Development.can probably reduce these problems.
