Evolving urban cadastres in Ethiopia: The impacts on urban land governance

Alemie, Berhanu Kefale; Bennett, Rohan; Zevenbergen, J.A.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.10.001

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“…Challenges and opportunities with regards to urban land administration, urban land markets, and state land management were compiled. Second, an alternative perspective of urban land administration is provided, this time from Alemie (2014Alemie ( , 2015. The focus is on Bahir Dar, the capital of the Amhara National Regional State, in the country's North West.…”

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Fit-for-purpose land administration: lessons from urban and rural Ethiopia

Bennett

Alemie

2016

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Lessons for designing fit-for-purpose land administration and land management activities, where the stated purposes are poverty alleviation, food security, and good governance, are provided. Contemporary developments from urban and rural Ethiopia provide the empirical basis: data is synthesised from fieldwork and other research activities undertaken between 2011 and 2013. With its large population and important geopolitical location, Ethiopia will continue to act as a yardstick for measuring the success of the global development agenda, particularly in Eastern Africa. Observations from training sessions conducted with cadastral and urban planning experts in Addis Ababa reveal challenges and opportunities regarding capacity development for urban land administration, urban land markets, and state land management. From the city of Bahir Dar, an alternative perspective of urban land administration is provided: the presented results shed light on the varying quality of cadastral development, but also the positive and negative impacts of cadastral implementation. Meanwhile, results from Dilla Town reveal the opportunity to link cadastral development to other infrastructure development activities (e.g. road construction and upgrade). The case also reveals the ongoing tension between ensuring adequate compensation payments relating to land acquisition, whilst also delivering a broader community benefit. Outputs from exploratory design work on the potential for land consolidation in the Amhara region are also articulated. The status of cadastral development in rural areas is revealed, along with future challenges for using cadastral data in land consolidation activities. Overall, the synthesised studies expose how fit-for-purpose ideologies are increasingly informing Ethiopian cadastral design, and under what conditions these designs can support poverty alleviation, food security, and good governance.

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Fit-for-purpose land administration: lessons from urban and rural Ethiopia

Bennett

Alemie

2016

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“…Official systems usually record only legally registered land, leaving millions of people whose tenures are predominantly social, rather than legal, as unprotected occupiers [34]. A further issue is the difficulty faced by official systems after change of governmental regime, or following civilian or military conflict [35]. Even where usable systems exist, Al-Bakri and Fairbairn [36] noted shortcomings in completeness and currency as authorities struggle to record increasing numbers of plots and subdivisions, and changes of use.…”

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Experiences with Citizen-Sourced VGI in Challenging Circumstances

Hameed

Fairbairn

Speak

2017

IJGI

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Abstract:The article explores the process of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) collection by assessing the relative usability and accuracy of a range of different methods (smartphone GPS, tablet, and analogue maps) for data collection among different demographic and educational groups, and in different geographical contexts within a study area. Assessments are made of positional accuracy, completeness, and the experiences of citizen data collectors with reference to the official cadastral data and the land administration system. Ownership data were validated by crowd agreement. The outcomes of this research show the varying effects of volunteers, data collection method, geographical area, and application field, on geospatial data handling in the VGI arena. An overview of the many issues affecting the development and implementation of VGI projects is included. These are focused on the specific example of VGI data handling presented here: a case study area where instability and lack of resources are found alongside strong communities and a pressing need for more robust and effective official structures. The chosen example relates to the administration of land in an area of Iraq.

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“…The preliminary results subsequent to implementation demonstrate that transparency is improving, organizational reforms are given attention, the roles and responsibilities of actors are elicited, and integrated operations are visible for example in the legal cadastre development (see also Alemie et al (2015a). In addition, different platforms for improving urban land governance were observed in the case study cities during the case studies visit in 2011 and 2013.…”

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“…Indeed, it may play an undermining role as seen in Ethiopia, prior to 2011 (c.f. Alemie et al (2015a)). …”

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“…This shows that the operation of the cadastre is poor and encounters failures. For example, attempts at building a multipurpose cadastre in Ethiopia failed to reach objectives (Alemie et al 2015a). This implies that decision making for dealing with the people-to-land relationships in these regions is not supported by reliable information.…”

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Evolving urban cadastres in Ethiopia: The impacts on urban land governance

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Fit-for-purpose land administration: lessons from urban and rural Ethiopia

Fit-for-purpose land administration: lessons from urban and rural Ethiopia

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