Theories Of Urban Development

This chapter comprises theories on urban development, urban planning, land use and land cover, land value and assessment. The approach is to examine the links between the urban development and land use-land value. It includes the study of change in land use change and land value and the possible merging and conflicting points due to urban development through literature studies.
The literature would be based on following parameters-
i. Land use and Land Value patterns and theories ii. Trends of Urban Development iii. Impact of urban development
a. Impact of policies
b. Impact of projects
2.1 Urban Development
“Urban development is the cultural, economic, social and physical development of cities and the underlying causes of these processes.”

When: the time-based aspects of various activities (like weeding, planting, etc.) iv. How: the technologies like irrigation, labor, fertilizers, etc. employed.
v. How much: the quantitative measures. vi. Why: the reasons behind the existing land use.
2.2.1 Land Use Determinants
Economic Determinants – Land values play major role in deciding upon the land use. The market value of land depends on the functional type of area in which it is located.
Social Determinants- Development and evolution of urban communities in time and space. It includes centralization and decentralization of people and urban centers, dominance of one area over another.
Public Determinants-It is very important to look at health and safety aspects and other amenities planning to determine the land use and location of services.
2.3 Land Value
The value of a piece of property, including both the value of the land and also any improvements that have been made to it. Land values increase with increase in demand for land, i.e. when demand exceeds the supply of available land, or if a specific piece of land has value more than neighboring areas.
2.3.1.1 Factors affecting the land value (Pandit, 2009)
i. Economic forces ii. Demand

This model was the first, to explain the distribution of various social groups within urban areas. The model assumes a connection between the socio-economic status (chiefly income) of households and their distance from Central Business District (CBD). The further we go from the CBD, the quality of housing is better, but the commuting time becomes longer. Thus, there is trade off as, better housing is done at the expense of lengthier commuting times (leading to costs). (Rodrigue,