Guided land development for private residential areas in Dhaka city : a case study of Senpara Parbata at Mirpur

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. (iii) 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.