Land Management Techniquesby | 01-09-2015 02:54 |
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?Land management? is defined as an activity on the ground, using appropriate technologies in the respective land use systems. Supply of urban land as a resource not only limiting but also localized and at the same time every activity needs urban land. Therefore land management is required to create healthy growth of towns and cities. One of the greatest challenges to engineers, planners and decision-makers is the assurance of Sustainable Land Management (for both Urban and Rural Lands). This concerns exploration and exploitation of a Nation?s natural and Environmental resources, provision of food, social services, education, health, infrastructure development, transportation (road and railway networks), communication and telecommunication, industrial development, population control and protection of the environment for the accelerated and orderly development of a country and its economic recovery efforts without destroying the environment for the generations to come. The concept and methods of Master Planning in India owe their origin to the British town planning laws. The Master Plan, which was perceived to be a process rather than a conclusive statement, provides guidelines for the physical development of a city or town and guides people in locating their investments and residences in the city. In short, Master Plan is a design for the physical, social, economic and political framework for the city, which greatly improves the quality of urban governance also. A Master Plan is concerned with land uses for public infrastructure, which should overlap with national socio-economic development priorities. Master Plan approach currently in vogue is an important instrument of spatial planning process which aims at channelizing the built urban form and directing the growth of urban areas, implementation of Master Plan for various towns and cities may not be very encouraging on the whole but certain development schemes taken up as part of Master Plan or as prelude to development are successful experiments in many states. Town Planning Scheme on land pooling technique has been successfully used for plan implementation in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and some other states. This facilitated assembly and development of urban land without resorting to compulsory land acquisition under Land Acquisition Act 1894. Through the mechanism of Town Planning Scheme urban local bodies launched land pooling and redistribution process in urban areas. Scope of Master Plan has clearly defined in various Town Planning Acts and other relevant legislation. Basically it is a statutory instrument for controlling, directing and promoting the sound and rational development and / or re-development of urban areas with a view to achieving maximum economic, social and aesthetic benefits.
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