Land information systems and Ethiopian environment information network initiative

Woldeyes, Tesfaye

Land administration encompasses a range of functions that ensure proper management of rights, restrictions and responsibilities in relation to property, land and natural resources. These functions include land tenure (securing and transferring rights in land); land value (valuation and taxation of land and properties); land-use (planning and control of the use of land and natural resources); and land development (utilities, infrastructure, construction planning, permits, and implementation). These functions are based on and are supported by appropriate land Information System. A key component of land administration is the management of land and property-related data acquired through land registry systems and cadastral surveys. Land and property related data are increasingly managed within the formal Land Information Systems (Dale and McLaughlin 1999). A Land Information System (LIS) is a tool for legal, administrative and economic decision-making and an aid for planning and development, which consists, on the one hand of a database containing spatially referenced land-related data for a defined area, and, on the other hand, of procedures and techniques for the systematic collection, updating, processing and distribution of the data (FIG 1999). Land information systems help to facilitate rural land reform, improve urban planning and infrastructure development, and support environmental monitoring (Dale and McLaughlin 1999).

Event: Standardization of Rural Land Registration and Cadastral Surveying Methodologies : Experiences in Ethiopia

Document type:Land information systems and Ethiopian environment information network initiative (2859 kB - pdf)