Dynamics Of Land use Pattern In The City
Due to a number of socio-economic factors the land use pattern in the city has undergone a sea change over the period of time. However depending upon the availability of data the dynamics of land use has been described and explained here during the first and second development plan. The first development plan of Raipur city was made in 1976 when the undivided Madhya Pradesh Government drafted the Raipur Development Plan aimed at the judicious use of urban land, improving the infrastructure and streamlining the traffic system to prepare the city for coming 20 years (1976-1995). The plan envisaged development of 5750 hectares of land to accommodate the expected 5 lakhs population. Of this, 40 percent land was earmarked for residential use, 16.53 percent for public use, 4.87 percent for commercial use, 14.78 percent for industrial use, and 9.5 percent for recreation and 14.26 for traffic. As far as the implementation was concerned, by 1988 only the housing sector saw 2050 hectares of land utilized and a little more after that. In commercial sector, the percentage of implementation was 64 percent and in industrial sector it stood at 50.5 percent. Land earmarked for public utilities was 950 hectare, of which only 450 hectares has been put to use. Sadly, it is the recreation area that has suffered the most with the land utilization being only 18.18 percent. The existing land use pattern is shown in the adjoining fig below.
The pattern of land use in Second Development Plans viz 2000 clearly indicates that 55.3 percent of land is devoted for residential purpose, 4.8 for commercial use, 11.6 percent for industrialization use, 12.1 percent for public and semi public use 2.7 for recreational use and 13.5 percent for transportation use to accommodate and serve about 10 lakh population of city. The comparative study of the land use pattern of both the development plan indicates that the availability of land use per thousand population has declined from 7.19 ha in the year 1978 to 6.18 in the year 2001.The land use pattern of 1976-91 is shown in the fig below.
LAND UTILISATION RATE (Hectare per 1000 persons)
| Catagory | 1976 | 2001 |
| Industrial | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Residential | 4.01 | 3.4 |
| Trade And Commerce | 0.36 | 0.30 |
| Recreational | 0.17 | 0.17 |
| Transportation | 0.90 | 0.83 |
Source Town and country planning of Raipur (M.C) 2001