Sustainable land governance : three key demands
Enemark, Stig
Land governance is about the policies, processes and institutions by which land, property and natural resources are managed. This includes decisions on access to land, land rights, land use, and land development. All countries have to deal with the management of land. They have to deal with the four functions of land tenure, land value, land use, and land development in some way or another. A countryys capacity may be advanced and combine all the activities in one conceptual framework supported by sophisticated ICT models. More likely, however, capacity will involve very fragmented and basically analogue approaches. This paper provides an overall understanding of the land management paradigm towards spatially enabled government. Place matters! Everything happens somewhere. If we can understand more about the nature of placee where things happen, and the impact on the people and assets on that location, we can plan better, manage risk better, and use our resources better. The cadastre is the core engine for spatially enabled land administration. Spatial enablement is not primarily about accuracy it is about adequate identification, completeness, and credibility. The systems should be built using a fit for purposee approach while accuracy can be incrementally improved over time when justified by serving the needs of citizens and society.
Event: FIG Working Week 2012 : Territory, environment, and cultural heritage
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