Proceedings of International Conference on Planning, Architecture & Civil Engineering, 09 - 11 September 2021, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh 1 Land Readjustment Program for Pabna City of Bangladesh: An Application Towards Urban Regeneration J.F. Ratu 1 , S. Roy 2 1 Undergraduate Student, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Rajshahi-6204, Bangladesh (email: jannatulferdouseratu24@gmail.com) 2 Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Rajshahi-6204, Bangladesh (email: sumitaroy.urp@gmail.com) Abstract Urbanization and the diffusion of haphazard settlements have been a phenomenon in most Asian developing countries. Pabna, one of the fastest-growing secondary cities of Bangladesh, meets up the lack of public funding for compulsory procurement and infrastructural provisions with its high land value and gradually making the city geographically vulnerable. In such circumstances, the Land Readjustment program can very well be appreciated, a powerful tool for the development with minimum public expenditure to achieve unified control over unplanned land areas, which also works as a flexible technique for Spatial Planning. The objective of the study is to design a model for the Land Readjustment project in Pabna city. The study also reviewed the justification of land suitability for future urban development in Pabna city. ArcGIS 10.7 software has been used to illustrate the 2D model of the proposed design of Land Readjustment. This proposed project is financially viable to recover the cost of the development. The proposed development scheme of the study helps to make the city development plan, which can provide necessary guidelines to the concerned authority for its proper implementation and management. Keywords: Land Readjustment; Urban Development; Urban Regeneration. 1. Introduction Settlements are an expression of spiritual aspirations and material requirements. But the unplanned haphazard, and disorganized development creates an untoward living environment of a city. Due to population growth, a massive rate of urbanization, and economic development, many people are moving from rural areas to urban areas. Thus, urban growth has become a matter of concern in several ways. Besides, the rapid growth of urbanization has created land value both in the housing sector and urban settlement areas. In a developing country like Bangladesh, the natural resources are limited, and the rate of urbanization is increasing at an alarming rate, also leading to the secondary cities of the country. As a result, arranging accommodation for the additional people has become a challenge. Pabna is one of the fastest- growing secondary cities of Bangladesh. According to land-use change analysis of Pabna District, urban area in 1996, 2006, 2016 are respectively 193 km 2 , 434 km 2 , and 479 km 2 (Asif