Emerging Residential Landscape in the Peri- Urban: A Consequence of Land Use Conversion, Consolidation and Fragmentation
- Vol.18(2), April-June
- New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2021
- 10-24p.
Provision of serviced land within expanding peri-urban areas in response to increasing urbanization levels has been a challenge. The transformation of predominantly rural fabric to urban involve transition of agricultural land to urban uses. The pattern of new residential landscapes depends on the mechanism adopted for the transformation. The paper examines through literature, mechanisms adopted in various contexts to provide serviced land for residential use in urban extensions. The paper analyses the institutional engagement in transformation of agricultural land to residential use in Arshinakunte village within Nelamangala Planning Authority limits of peri-urban Bangaluru. The process of conversion of land use and approval of layout plans are two important process which control the transformation process. The size of land parcels involved in these processes are important since the provisions in the Master Plan regulations correspond to sizes of development. Hence the study identifies the relationship between the institutional processes and the associated land parcel sizes. The implication of the land parcel sizes on the emerging urban fabric is discussed.