Land administration infrastructure for sustainable development
Enemark, S
Land administration infrastructure for sustainable development - 2001 - Property Management 19(5) 2001, 366-383(18) .
This paper presents a global model for understanding land administration systems in support of sustainable development. The evolution of these systems is presented as a response to the dynamic relation between humankind and land. The Nordic evolution is described with a focus that any land administration system is embedded in the cultural and judicial setting of the individual country/jurisdiction. The issue of spatial information infrastructure is recognised as an increasingly important component for achieving sustainable development in developed as well as developing countries. The paper discusses the conceptual, political and economic mechanisms, and examples are given with regard to the Danish conceptual approach to this area. Finally, the paper deals with the issue of decentralisation and the impact of central versus local government in land management in support of sustainable development. It is argued that competencies should rest with the lowest possible level of jurisdiction so as to combine responsibility for decision making with accountability for financial and environmental consequences. [TAKEN FROM JOURNAL HEADNOTE] References. Tables. Diagrams.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
LAND MANAGEMENT
GIS
GIS
LAND ADMINISTRATION
NORDIC COUNTRIES
MANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
GLOBALISATION
SPATIAL INFORMATION
Land use
DENMARK
Land administration infrastructure for sustainable development - 2001 - Property Management 19(5) 2001, 366-383(18) .
This paper presents a global model for understanding land administration systems in support of sustainable development. The evolution of these systems is presented as a response to the dynamic relation between humankind and land. The Nordic evolution is described with a focus that any land administration system is embedded in the cultural and judicial setting of the individual country/jurisdiction. The issue of spatial information infrastructure is recognised as an increasingly important component for achieving sustainable development in developed as well as developing countries. The paper discusses the conceptual, political and economic mechanisms, and examples are given with regard to the Danish conceptual approach to this area. Finally, the paper deals with the issue of decentralisation and the impact of central versus local government in land management in support of sustainable development. It is argued that competencies should rest with the lowest possible level of jurisdiction so as to combine responsibility for decision making with accountability for financial and environmental consequences. [TAKEN FROM JOURNAL HEADNOTE] References. Tables. Diagrams.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
LAND MANAGEMENT
GIS
GIS
LAND ADMINISTRATION
NORDIC COUNTRIES
MANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
GLOBALISATION
SPATIAL INFORMATION
Land use
DENMARK