| Author | Cherukuri, Sasidhar |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. HS-90-04 |
| Subject(s) | Land use, Urban--India--Madras Metropolitan Area
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. HS-90-04 |
| Abstract | An effort was made to study the effects of the Urban Land (Ceiling
and Regulation) Act, 1978 in the Madras Urban Agglomeration and more.
specifically the Act's effects on the l and and housing system. It was
found that this Act was a failure due to various reasons that include
non-availability of cadester records, cumbersome procedures and
uneconomical compensation offered. Simultaneously, this lead to (i)
thriving unauthorised land subdivision activity within and beyond the
ULCR Act zone; (ii) developers preferring to undertake apartment projects
within the city rather than large land subdivision and housing projects;
(iii) spill-over effect beyond ULCR Act zone. There was a general
reluctance on the part of the landowners to dispose of their land and to
undertake any initiatives to promote land and housing projects. The
general failure of ULCR Act needed many corrective measures to encourage
and involve landowners in land and housing development projects . With a
package incentives the Guided Urban Development Scheme was formulated.
Guided Urban Development Scheme was proposal conceived to encourage
private developers and landowners undertake building low-cost residential
units with necessary exemptions from the provisions of the Act.
The incentives provided under GUO Scheme did not encourage the active
participation of the developers and the landowners . The reason for this
included : (i) lack of coordination between various agencies of the
state; (ii) non-availability of infrastructure services; (iii)
unpredictability of the government's motives; (iv) lack of adequate
publicity for the scheme; and (v) the failure to process t he GUD
applications submitted by the private developers in time.
The private sector land and housing development is severely
constricted due to ULCR Act and the threat of large-scale land
acquisition. This led to unauthorised subdivision of urban land which
were quite rampant, affecting every urban area . Based ยท on such a
perception and understanding recommendations for planning are made that
include scrapping of the ULCR Act and proper maintenance of cadestral
records. |
| Year | 1990 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. HS-90-04 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Archer, Raymon W.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kioe-Sheng, Yap ;Robinson, Ira. M. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) under AIT-Canadian Universities
Consortium Partnership Project (AIT-CUC-PP); |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1990 |