Land management and local level registries
Fourie, Clarissa & Gysen, Herman van
Case material from Namibia shows that land management in developing areas is facilitated where there is a flow of information to the public from a local level registry. Land reform programmes in South Africa, which rely on registry information for land management, might well consider this approach to improve record currency, the sustainability of titling and land use controls and conflict resolution over land rights. Placing this in a theoretical framework, we show that, despite it being a non-computerised registry, the usual concept and characteristics of a multi-purpose cadastre apply to the material, albeit unconventionally. The very unconventionally and informality found with respect to the registry might point towards more appropriate approaches for multi-purpose cadastres in the developing world.
Event: FIG Symposium Developing the Profession in a Developing World
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