The necessity for interdisciplinary cooperation as a part of FIG activity
Kraus, Joseph & Joseph Forral
Building development is a difficult challenge. The increasing value of land available for development in urban areas and the high expense of building demand more and more complex and careful considerations. The strong public demand to protect communal interests and benefits results in governmental and municipal bureaucracy. A survey carried out in Israel shows that in order to complete an apartment, the building contractor needs the involvement of 600 professionals and 41 authorities. The authors assume that a similar survey in other countries would show similar results. The main participants in the development procedure are: urban planners, architects, road- and transportation planners, real estate experts, land appraisers economists, lawyers, environment protection professionals and surveyors. The surveyor is involved in most of the stages of a development, and he, with his disciplines geodesy, cadastre, surveying, mapping and modern geo-informatics acts as an essential integrator of the entire play and all the actors. The authors propose that FIG create an official and permanent forum for "interdisciplinary concerns". It would contribute to building development as a central economic activity, and would strengthen the surveyor's standing in that "latent", but obviously existing interdisciplinary society of professionals. Furthermore, greater and more encompassing cooperation and a deeper understanding of each other's professional interests would contribute to better legislation and standardization.
Event: XXIII International FIG Congress : Shaping the change
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