Abstract:
Preparation of development plans appropriately has vital importance in provision of
orderly urbanization. These plans are generally prepared by planning authorities or local
governments with involvement of relevant parties. Then, the plans need to be implemented to
the field properly. This process is also as much important as the preparation process. Proper
implementation can be achieved by using a right tool. The tools used in this process change in
different countries throughout the world. While some tools allow plan implementations are
carried out sporadically, some others provide implementation of plan in a group of land parcels
at the same time. Both types of these tools which are named as voluntary applications and land
readjustment are used in Turkey. Voluntary applications are subdivision and consolidation of
land parcels, boundary adjustment, and leaving public areas free of charge. These are carried out
by application of the landowner(s) to the relevant municipality. Therefore, development plan is
implemented over time and sporadically. This patchwork implementation results with a partly
disordered urbanization as development parcels formed with the implementation do not have
good geometrical shapes to construct buildings. The areas allocated to public use in the
development plans also need to be expropriated by the relevant public institutions in the
voluntary applications tool. On the other hand, Land Readjustment (LR) allows implementation
of a development plan in a group of neighbouring parcels at once. Development parcels formed
with the LR have good geometrical shapes to construct buildings. Public areas are obtained
without expropriation in these projects from landowners in consideration of the value increase
arising from the project application. In this context, this study describes Turkish LR as a proper
tool of orderly urbanization.
