fig congress 2018 - Low cost land information system for sustainable urban development: Case examples in Kenya and Zambia
John Gitau, Danilo Antonio, Oumar Sylla
Sustainable urban development strongly depends on how well land is accessed, managed, used and transferred for the benefit of the current and projected urban population. Ensuring sustainable urban development requires proper land information. If relevant and good decisions are to be made by public authorities, private resource users or community organizations, they must be based on sound information about the land and environment in order to contribute to sustainable development. There is still a gap in implementing and operationalizing sustainable and affordable land administration systems for registering formal and informal tenure in developing countries. Aside from the social and economic implications, this also means that there is a huge gap of land information that will appropriately inform decision makers, citizens and urban stakeholders. This paper describes the experiences of developing and deploying of innovative land information systems coupled with appropriate land tools and methodologies in Kenya and Zambia.
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