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Critical factors affecting the public land development: A systematic review and thematic synthesis

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  • Singhapathirana, Priyanwada Indeewaree
  • Hui, Eddie Chi Man
  • Jayantha, Wadu Mesthrige

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Public land ownership is a common practice in many countries across the world. Whereas some countries provide empirical evidence on effective utilization of public lands, recent studies from elsewhere reveal less-obvious forms of public land misuse in cities. There has not been any systematic analysis to examine the most critical and common factors across countries that can either facilitate or hinder the effective utilization of public lands. This study aimed to examine the critical factors affecting the effective utilization of public lands. A systematic review and thematic synthesis were carried out with 44 research articles published on Public Land Development (PLD) over the last two decades (2000–2019), which were retrieved through a systematic approach. The review identified eleven critical factors affecting the PLD. This critical review was instrumental in identifying the knowledge gaps in PLD. The absence of a critical inquiry into the practice of longstanding underutilization of public lands in various forms and its causative factors, especially in the developing Asian countries (e.g., India, Sri Lanka) is one of the prominent knowledge gaps in current scholarship. Likewise, a firm adoption of a relational approach to analyse the public land and rigorous analysis of networked relationships among critical elements of PLD have yet to be undertaken.

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  • Singhapathirana, Priyanwada Indeewaree & Hui, Eddie Chi Man & Jayantha, Wadu Mesthrige, 2022. "Critical factors affecting the public land development: A systematic review and thematic synthesis," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:lauspo:v:117:y:2022:i:c:s0264837722001041
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106077
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