Abstract:
The term development control measures though more often than not
have been interpretted in a negative way athose are the instruments
that give effect to the meaning of development by managing any" objects
material or otherwise with the environment, when it is a process of
a action to achieve its own goal. Hence the concept of development
always goes along with the development control measures.
The development control measures related to urban land development
are two-fold one is derived from macro pol icies such as land requlat ion.
Land taxation etc., while the other is derived from micropohcies
such as regulating the development activities etc.
In Sri Lanka although these two measures are prevai Iing, the latter
is more vital for the process of urban land development mainly because
it is the measure that usually deals with the larger segment of the
community or lands. Thus the study deals with this measure only.
