Land Administration

This interdisciplinary work provides a high level overview of recent advances in building formal property systems throughout the world and reviews the role of property in advancing a society's economic and social agenda. It undertakes an in-depth examination of the land administration infrastructure required to support these modern property systems, giving particular attention to survey, registration, valuation, and land use control functions.

Peter Dale is Professor of Land Information Management, University College London
John McLaughlin is Vice president (Research and International Co-operation) at the University of New Brunswick.

List of Figures

x

List of Tables

xi

Introduction and Overview

1

(15)

Land and Society

1

(1)

The Importance of Land and Property

2

(2)

Land and Economics

4

(1)

Land Market Development

5

(2)

Land Information Management

7

(1)

Integrated National Land Policies

8

(2)

The Functions of Land Administration

10

(2)

Concluding Remarks

12

(4)

Land Tenure, Property, and Development

16

(10)

The Nature of Property and Rights in Land

16

(1)

Property in the Context of Land Tenure

17

(3)

Property in Support of Sustainable Development

20

(2)

Discrimination in the Access to Land

22

(4)

Formalizing Property Rights

26

(10)

Formal and Informal Property

26

(1)

The Case for Property Formalization

27

(2)

Land Reform and Formalization

29

(4)

Land Titling

33

(1)

The Benefits of Land Formalization and Land Titling

33

(3)

Land Registration

36

(10)

The Function of Land Registries

36

(1)

Registration of Deeds

36

(2)

Registration of Title

38

(1)

Recent Analysis of Land Registration

39

(3)

Re-engineering Land Registration Systems

42

(4)

Surveying and Mapping

46

(14)

Cadastral Surveying

46

(1)

Adjudication

47

(3)

Boundaries

50

(2)

Survey Methods

52

(4)

Property Descriptions and Referencing

56

(4)

Land Values and the Fiscal Cadastre

60

(13)

Land as a Financial Asset

60

(2)

Land Taxation

62

(3)

Land Values

65

(1)

Land Valuation and Assessment

66

(4)

Creating a Fiscal Cadastre

70

(3)

Land Use and Land Use Control

73

(19)

Land Use and Sustainability

73

(1)

Land Use Planning in a Historical Context

74

(4)

Land Use Control

78

(4)

Monitoring Environmental Impact

82

(2)

Some Regional Perspectives

84

(1)

Public Participation

85

(1)

Managing Land Use in Developing Countries

86

(3)

Global Land Use Challenges

89

(3)

Land Information Management

92

(16)

Land Information Systems

92

(3)

Users of Land Information

95

(4)

Internet Applications

99

(1)

Costs and Benefits of Computerizing Land Information Systems

100

(1)

Paying for Data

101

(4)

Intellectual Property Rights in Land and Property Information

105

(3)

Managing the Land Administration Process

108

(15)

Management and Management Information

108

(6)

Re-engineering Land Administration Systems

114

(2)

Technical Reforms

116

(2)

Project Management Methodologies

118

(5)

Policy Issues in Land Administration

123

(11)

Re-inventing Government

123

(2)

Privatization

125

(1)

Governance in Less Developed Countries

126

(2)

Organizational Structures for Land Administration

128

(6)

Economic Issues in Land Administration

134

(8)

Basic Issues

134

(1)

Benefits of Titling and Registration

134

(3)

Lessons Learnt

137

(2)

Financing Land Administration Infrastructure

139

(3)

Human Resources Management

142

(9)

The Importance of Human Resources Management

142

(1)

Public Sector Reforms

143

(1)

Effective Performance Pay Systems

144

(1)

Controlling Corruption

145

(1)

Building Local Capacity

146

(1)

Education and Training

147

(1)

The Role of Professional Associations

148

(3)

New Directions in Land Administration

151

(11)

The Changing Scene

151

(2)

Providing an Integrated Service

153

(3)

Towards the Future

156

(4)

Conclusions

160

(2)

Glossary of Terms

162

(3)

Author Index

165

(2)

Subject Index

167

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