Effects of different land reallocation models on the success of land consolidation projects: Social and economic approaches

One of the most important steps in land consolidation (LC) is the land reallocation work, which has a prominent effect on the LC Success. For this reason, land reallocation should be handled carefully. There are interview and block priority-based models for land reallocation. The application of different models may have either positive or negative effects on the success of land consolidation. In this study, the block priority and the interview-based models have been compared for the landholding activities in the project at Adabag village, Eregli District, Konya Province, Turkey. The block priority-based model has been observed to be more successful in terms of number of parcel, parcel size, land reallocation process duration, project cost, and farmer satisfaction. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.