Cadastral procedure and spatial framework for the development of an efficient land administration system for the rural lands of ANRS (Amhara National Regional State) of Ethiopia
Gebeyehu Belay Shibeshi
Dissertation for obtaining a doctorate degree at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna.
As part of the countryys five years growth and transformation plan, currently Ethiopia is implementing a land administration system (LAS) carried out in two development stages. In the first step of the certification program, the legal relation between parcels and their landholders was registered. The second step the mapping of parcels will be launched in the near future. The objective of this thesis is the development of suitable methodologies for the second level certification program in the Amhara National Regional State (ANRS) of Ethiopia. This requires a reality check of the existing situation. Within the study a toolbox was developed covering the institutional set up, the cadastral and registration proclamation preparation, the densification of national grid points, and proper land surveying methods in ANRS. The core legal cadastral domain model was used to describe both formal and informal settings in a land administration system. The CLCDM was adapted to the situation in ANRS. In Ethiopia large scale cadastral projects are planned country-wide. As cadastral and registration proclamation is not enacted to facilitate and guide the implementation of cadastral projects, a tool was developed which can be used for the development of cadastral and registration proclamation for rural land administration in ANRS. Cost effective remote sensing and ground surveying techniques were investigated for their feasibility to produce cadastral maps of different holding types satisfying the needs of users and being connected to the national grid. The study identifies that trust on a system, dependability, and traceability is more important than geometric accuracy. The study deals with the development of methods mainly suitable for ANRS. But the results and findings of the current thesis largely can be used for the development of a LAS in other regional states of Ethiopia and even in other states of the developing world.
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