The Swiss approach of integrated land administration and land management
Kuntzel, Rudolf & Jurg Kaufmann
Sustainable development in economic, social and environmental terms is the product of stability in land issues. This stability includes reliable land administration, transparent land management, and a legal framework, providing the basis and allowing free access to land for all. This paper provides an insight in the way of how land issues are being dealt with in Switzerland, a densely populated country that has enjoyed not only political stability, but also a wellbalanced land policy for many decades. This is the result of sound land administration and land management principles taking into account the federative and decentralized political and administrative structures that have been applied over a long time, and also of an education and a licensing system that are based on an integrated approach. Those principles will be investigated and described mainly with the purpose to illustrate how they helped Switzerland to prosper and how they might offer solutions for other countries. It will be argued to bring geomatics and land management education closer together in respect of an integrated approach. Land administration is not an issue in itself, but a contribution to the solution.
Event: FIG Working Week 2012 : Territory, environment, and cultural heritage
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