The road towards more sustainable places : the surveying professional's contribution within informal settlements
Dumashie, Diane
The Professional Surveyor is particularly well placed to strategically integrate and work across our disciplines to find and facilitate solutions to the urbanisation process typified within informal settlements, and is to assist the communities (local, national and international) to develop their journey along the road that delivers sustainable housing environments but importantly that suits local circumstances. How we could achieve this was considered over the period 2002- 2006, by Working Group 8.3. The group collated empirical evidence arising from projects and observations from within the informal housing sector. Drawn from FIG collaborative members, Commission 8 led a cross commission effort that explored how our members can contribute to the challenge of the planning and development process as well as identifying the skills by which we can best educate ourselves and be better prepared to work with International agencies and local governance. The land professional (surveyor) has a unique set of skills upon which to bring all issues together and focus on informing policy and practice. Recognising that FIG needs to work across its commissions, our deliberations have created a Family of initiatives for the next FIG term (i.e. years 2006- 10) that will focus on: developing infrastructure routes and mechanisms for delivery, methods to negotiate with traditional leaders to release land for housing plots, alternative land use planning approaches, and affordable building material technology, but above all the common theme will be participation from a range of actors.
Event: XXX FIG Working Week and General Assembly : Strategic Integration of Surveying Services
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