The Process of Land Consolidation as the Element of Arranging Rural Space on the Example of the Lubka and Zaliszcze Villages

The aim of this work is to present the selected effects of consolidation processes conducted in 2011-2014 within the Lubka region, Siemien commune and within the Zaliszcze area, Podedworze commune, Parczew district, Lublin Voivodeship. The consolidation activities within Lubka region were conducted over the area of 156.2937 ha and involved 60 participants. Within the Zaliszcze region, the general development area amounted to 1174.2580 ha and involved 152 participants. The project of land consolidation was developed by the Voivodeship Office of Surveying in Lublin, Branch Office in Biala Podlaska. In order to assess the basic results of land consolidation, the technical-spatial parameters were applied (the index of reducing the number of plots and extension of their surface). The main effects of the conducted process of consolidation include: decrease of a general number of record plots and an increase of the average surface of them within the region, which resulted in a reduction of the number of plots and decrease of the average surface of the plot in the farmstead. Furthermore, in conjunction with the change in the distribution of individual record plots, the farm layout has improved. Numerous agri-technical and recultivating works were also conducted and a functional network of municipal roads was created.