Final engineering and land consolidation planning : aciton research mehtod as increasing activity and contentment of landowners
Kotilainen, Seija
In Finland we have developed an innovative way of highway planning in which land consolidation planning is connected to final engineering planning. It was a question of final engineering plan pilot project, by which the road was to be changed into an overtaking-lane road with median barriers, when barriers will block the traffic at existing at-grade intersections of private roads. The accessory method used was action research. So we did the planning in tree cycles at public hearings. The landowners, design consultants, the Finnish Road Administration and the National Land Survey of Finland acted in cooperation to draw up the plan. I (as the researcher) also participated in this work. At first hearing I told the landowners their potential for influencing. During the planning I theme interviewed them and sent a questionnaire to them. I sent the questionnaire also to those landowners who did not participate in the hearings. The method used seemed to enable active participation of the landowners both in the developing of proceedings and the final engineering and land consolidation planning. Those actively involved felt that they had got enough information and could discuss and negotiate during the planning. Action research as an instrument in changing land management proceedings seems to be an interesting possibility.
Event: XXIII International FIG Congress : Shaping the change
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