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Strategies for Land Use Planning in Democracies: An Inclusive Approach

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In a democratic context of India, the challenge of spatial planning is to generate the best options amongst these multifarious possibilities. The aim of the paper is to analyse this process looking at the state of Goa and suggest an inclusive model of land use planning.

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Appendices

Annexure 1

Specimen to explain the strategy of inclusive land use planning. Land uses under non-developable uses/zones.

Regional plan areas

Land use categories

Within 200 m from developable area

Within 1 km from developable area

More than 1 km for developable area

Eco-1

Forest (protected/reserved)

–

–

–

National park (wild life)

–

–

–

Mangrove forest

–

–

–

Private forest

40

30

20

Water bodies/ponds

–

–

–

Wetlands

15

10

05

Paddy fields/Khazan lands

40

30

20

Play grounds

60

50

40

Parks

60

50

40

Eco-2

Orchard

70

60

40

Natural cover/green cover

40

30

20

Cultivable

40

30

20

Salt pans

40

30

20

Fish farms

40

30

20

  1. Source Generated by Author
  2. Note All figures are in percentage

Specimen to explain the strategy of inclusive land use planning. Land uses under non-developable uses/zones.

Urban plan

   

Land use

Within urban plan area

Outside urban plan area within 1 km

Outside urban plan area after 1 km

Parks (R)

100

80

60

Agriculture (A1)

100

80

60

Orchard (A2)

100

80

60

Playground

100

80

60

Utilities

100

80

60

New roads

100

80

60

Road/R/W

80

60

50

Buffer zone of crematorium/cemetery/HTL notified area

80

60

50

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  2. Note All figures are in percentage

Annexure 2

Specimen to explain the strategy of inclusive land use planning. Assigning TDR for receiving zones/area.

S. No.

Land use (regional plan)

TDR (in %)

Access record (mts)

Height (mts)

1

Settlement up 1

20 (subject to cap of 1.00 FSI)

8

15

Settlement up 2

30

8

12

2

Institutional

30

8

15

3

Commercial

40

8

18

S. No.

Land use (urban plan)

TDR

Access record

Height

1

Settlement (High Density)

0

0

0

2

Urban settlement (S1)

30

10

18

3

Settlement (S2)

40

10

18

4

Settlement (S3)

50

10

18

5

Settlement (S4)

50

10

18

6

Commercial (3.00 FSI)

0

0

0

7

Special commercial (CS)

0

0

0

8

Central commercial (C1)

0

0

0

9

Local commercial (C2)

20

15

18

10

Rural central commercial (C3)

30

15

18

11

Rural local commercial (C4)

30

10

15

12

Transport (T) (except roads)

60

15

18

13

Conservation (F)

To be determined based on importance

  1. Source Generated by Author

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Puttaraju, S.T. (2020). Strategies for Land Use Planning in Democracies: An Inclusive Approach. In: Bandyopadhyay, S., Pathak, C., Dentinho, T. (eds) Urbanization and Regional Sustainability in South Asia. Contemporary South Asian Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23796-7_18

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