The connection between urban land use planning, land structure and urban land development instruments –Kosovo case

A rational use of land often requires changes in land structure that can be made only if adequate urban development instruments and methods are adapted to suit the socio-economic conditions of the country, its government and the land tenure system. These instruments must have adequate legal support that is often needed to break the barriers that are imposed by individual landowners' interests influenced by strong property rights. This paper aims to highlight the importance of the link between the land use planning, land structure and instruments or methods applied to urban land development. In order to emphasize the importance of links between these elements to urban planning process in Kosovo there have been analyzed the urban planning legal framework of Kosovo and a number of Urban Regulatory Plans in main city of Kosovo. These urban plans have been analyzed in various aspects such as the approval procedures, the legal support and the instruments used to implement them. Results from the study show that there is a strong connection between these land use, property structure and ownership and urban land development instrument chosen to implement the urban plans .This is especially important in cases where the land is very fragmented and where the strong property rights hider the plan implementation.