3D cadastres for densely occupied informal situations: Necessity and possibility

Charisse Griffith-Charles and Michael Sutherland

Land Use Policy, 2020, vol. 98, issue C

Abstract: Much of 3D cadastre research and development targets high valued urban land, including condominiums, apartment buildings, and office complexes. The value of the land and the economic activity generated from transactions in this urban space potentially support the cost and time spent on establishing and maintaining a 3D cadastre. Methods for data acquisition and for construction and maintenance of the 3D cadastre are also simpler in the regular and formally planned and surveyed structures of the high value urban environment. Low-income, urban areas of informal tenure and informal development, however, also need and can benefit from a land administration system supported by a 3D cadastre but are neglected in the 3D cadastre research. Mechanisms are required for quick and cost effective construction of a 3D cadastre in this type of area to support land management and regularisation procedures, and to provide security of tenure. Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is one technology that may be examined to differentiate structures in densely occupied environments where limited information and limited resources must be able to be used for managing the land and also protecting informal rights.

Keywords: Informal tenure; 3D cadastre; Land administration; LiDAR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104372

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