ABSTRACT
Mediation, in general, is gaining popularity as a dispute resolution technique (Kressel and Pruitt, 1989), and there is increasing interest to its application in planning and land use disputes (Rubino and Jacobs, 1990). Mediation, it is argued, can be efficient (Wall and Rude, 1991) and can produce high quality settlements (Galanter, 1985). There is, however, limited knowledge concerning the practice of mediation in land use disputes and in land consolidation, when mediation should be used, the results achieved, and how mediation activities are carried out.
