Country Case Study Description Design

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Country Case Study Description Design

• 451-418 Land Administration
• Evangelia Dimas, Zane Tronson, Adam Foster
  David Brady

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Something to think about

• When I am creating the of the country, what
  effect does this have on the country?

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General Description Design Factors to Consider

• Geography
• History
• Population
• Government/ Political System
• Legal/ Court System
• Industrial Base
• Education (and educational resources)
• Professional and Technical Resources
• Wealth of the Country

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Interrelation of Design Factors

• key factors to be determined about the country
  are strongly interrelated
• Geography determines History (think Europe
  WWII)
• History determines Government/Politics
• Government determines Economic Status
• etc.

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Geography

• determines
• the accessibility to the land
• the usage of the land
• possibilities of how to manage the land
• the mapping (and techniques used) of the land
• risk management issues
• climate of the land

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History

• contributes towards
• countrys development throughout time
• societies beliefs and stances
• dominant ideologies
• who governs what land
• relationships and locations of indigenous cultures

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Population

• density
• people who own land parcels
• where people live (rural/urban)
• ages and distributions
• Growth rate
• usage of land and resources
• ethnicity

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Government/Political System

• who by and how the country is controlled
• land administration responsibility
• infrastructure of Legal and Political systems
• local, state, federal, international, districts
• classes within society
• democracy/monarchy
• election practices of government
• compulsory etc.
• balance of power

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Legal System/ Courts

• Type of legal system
• Disputes Tribunals/Settlements
• A just system?
• Peoples faith in the system
• Security of title
• Efficiency in system
• Corruption

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Industrial Base

• where finances are concentrated
• human/financial resource usage
• origin of finances
• agriculture
• economy
• trade routes exports
• goods and services provided within the country

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Education Resources

• the intelligence of the community
• class structure and effects
• unemployment
• literacy
• technologically advancement

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Professional/Technological Resources

• What industries are within the community
• exports/imports
• facilities/utilities hospitals, doctors, courts
• strongly linked to Educational Resources

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Wealth of Country

• Education/Health
• Trade
• imports/exports
• natural resources
• global power
• independence

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Land Related Issues

• Current Land Administration System
• Institutional Framework
• Indigenous/Religious issues
• Environmental and social issues
• Informal settlements/squatting
• Impact of Multinationals, IMF and World Bank

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Current Land Administration System

• Accuracy of current system
• What is there to work from?
• Procedures in place
• Efficiency
• Improvements necessary
• Reform, refinements

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Institutional frameworkinvolving planning,
management

• Governing bodies
• Private sector involvement
• Licensing procedures and requirements
• Education
• Coordinate system standards
• Cadastre System
• Purpose
• Type

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Indigenous and religious issues

• Claims to private and public land
• - sacred land (native title)
• Role of religion in land ownership
• - owned by church
• Diversity of religions
• - disputes (Israel and Palestine)

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Environment and social issues

• Relationship to land
• Conservation of resources
• Environmental reserves
• - existence,
• - management
• - ownership
• Social awareness of environment
• Terrorism

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Informal settlements/squatting

• Does it exist?
• To what extent?
• Land security
• Value of land

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Impact of multi-nationals, IMF and World Bank

• Social effects
• Economic effects
• Ownership of property
• - rights over land
• - responsibilities over land
• Who funds the land administration system

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• Countries

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A transition country in Eastern and Central Europe

• What rule is the country emerging from?
• What remains?
• Adherence to eastern European traditions /
  history
• Updating and maintaining the Cadastre
• Evolution of land administration for the country

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A newly industrialised country in the Asian region

• Security of tenure and its relationship to the
  society and the economy
• Lack of efficiency in regards to the land
  administration system
• What role will land play for the future

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An emerging economy in Asia

• Political and religious factors involved with
  purchase and land usage
• Missionary and tribal traditions
• Womens rights with relation to land ownership
  and the Justice system
• Relationships with neighbouring countries
• Export and import trades
• Design and implementation of sustainable
  development procedures

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A Pacific island country

• Indigenous title rights
• Community land rights
• Location of the marine boundary
• Fishing rights
• Economic and social resources
• Assessment, maintenance and improvement of the
  land administration system