Many large developers have for years “gobbled-up” vacant land, not necessarily for their own development plans, but for resale to other developers (often at premium prices). There has been some...

Running Head: UTILIZATION OF VACANT LANDS    1
UTILIZATION OF VACANT LANDS         2
CRITICIZING UTILIZATION OF VACANT LANDS BY LARGE DEVELOPERS FOR PERSONAL PURPOSES
Utilization of vacant lands for some noble purposes is an acceptable and praiseworthy practice that is favorable for the community. However, as argued by Glaum, Simao, Vaidya, Fitch and Iulinao (2017), when the same is done for personal purposes, it leads to various negative consequences, such as scarcity of lands for agricultural or settlement purposes. Similar is an issue I often notice in case of large developers, who have been utilizing and consuming pieces of vacant lands since ages only for the sake of their own benefits or profit making. As supported by Eidelman (2016),...