Land Administration

by Dale, Peter F.; McLaughlin, John D.

• ISBN13: 9780198233909
• ISBN10: 0198233906
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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