Human rights in tension: guiding cadastral systems development in customary land rights contexts

Hull, Simon; Whittal, Jennifer

doi:10.1080/00396265.2017.1381396

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“…[17] Furthermore, DT promotes "enhancing the lives of individuals" [18]. This aim aligns with the aspect of Significance highlighted by Hull and Whittal [19,36]. In addressing the challenges of FFP LA in complex situations, DT may offer an interesting approach to "deliver implementable solutions to problems that are structurally complex and necessitate interconnected solutions" [17].…”

Section: Design Thinking Process Modelmentioning

confidence: 74%

“…Thus, the FFP approach is noted to be a set of guidelines to be tailored for individual country contexts, not a set of principles for guaranteed success [25]. An analysis of the existing spatial, legal, and institutional frameworks provides a baseline assessment for the gap analysis: what is the existing situation, what is the desired situation, and what needs to change to achieve the desired situation [26]? Using the FFP principles and frameworks listed in Table 2 as a guide, the country-specific strategy can then be implemented.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The Human-Rights-Based Approach is endorsed as promoting integration between these systems while also promoting the acknowledgement and fulfillment of the South African State's vertical obligations [42] (i.e., the obligations of the state towards their citizens). Unfortunately, a Human-Rights-Based Approach is seldom or only very briefly mentioned in State policy (e.g., in the Communal Land Tenure Policy [43]) with a shift away from this approach to one of indirect rule used in past oppressive regimes [26].…”

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“…the quality of design is distinguished not merely by technical skill of execution or by aesthetic vision but by the moral and intellectual purpose toward which technical and artistic skill is directed.". [35] A truly FFP LAS will strive to deliver this type of unity between all stakeholders (internal and external) and the system in order to deliver on sustainability, success, and significance [19,36], but perhaps most importantly in South Africa, to deliver on human dignity for all who suffered extreme loss of dignity in the colonial and Apartheid years. DT may assist in this process.…”

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Do Design Science Research and Design Thinking Processes Improve the ‘Fit’ of the Fit-For-Purpose Approach to Securing Land Tenure for All in South Africa?

Hull

Whittal

2021

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In South Africa, land tenure security is a challenge for 60% or more of the population who hold interests in land outside of the formal system of registered title. There is a need for the cadastral and land administration systems to be reshaped, and for new land tenure forms to be developed to record all land rights and interests so as to improve land tenure security for all. In this paper, we undertake a reflective retrospective of the processes of land administrative reform in South Africa using a thematic framework that includes fit-for-purpose, design science research, and design thinking processes. Literary sources are coded using the thematic framework to identify potential contributions of foregrounding design science research and design thinking in fit-for-purpose land administration (FFP LA) approaches. Design science research paired with tools of behavioral science add value in understanding the context, problems, needs, and objectives and in communicating the results of critical reflection. The design thinking process has much to offer in capitalizing on the human abilities of empathy, deep understanding, and challenging assumptions, setting the scene for unconstrained creative thinking. Design science research and design thinking within FFP LA may promote innovations in land administration systems reform initiatives that deliver restorative justice in the South African land sector.

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Do Design Science Research and Design Thinking Processes Improve the ‘Fit’ of the Fit-For-Purpose Approach to Securing Land Tenure for All in South Africa?

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2021

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“…A framework for guiding cadastral systems development in customary land rights contexts has been previously published by the first and third authors [92]. The framework constitutes five evaluation areas, broken down into associated aspects and elements, which are measured using appropriate indicators.…”

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Theories of Land Reform and Their Impact on Land Reform Success in Southern Africa

Hull

Babalola

Whittal

2019

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Our purpose is to present and test a typology of land reform theories as a means of understanding and interrogating the motives behind land reform and to better equip land administrators and policymakers to enact land reform programs that are appropriate for their contexts. Here, land reform is understood to include the related concepts of land redistribution, land restitution, land tenure reform and land administration reform. The theory typology thus has application for land restitution programs specifically operating in the global South. The continuum of theories is derived from literature and tested through a multiple case study of land reform in Nigeria, Mozambique, and South Africa, drawing from a combination of primary and secondary data. The findings suggest an over-reliance on replacement theories in all three contexts, although the Mozambican experience draws on theories towards the middle of the continuum (the adaptation theories). This is recommended as the most viable approach for the context.

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The Land Issue in the Post-Soviet Space

Линкин

Lusegenova

Tatyana

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Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

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Human rights in tension: guiding cadastral systems development in customary land rights contexts

Cited by 19 publications

References 52 publications

Do Design Science Research and Design Thinking Processes Improve the ‘Fit’ of the Fit-For-Purpose Approach to Securing Land Tenure for All in South Africa?

Do Design Science Research and Design Thinking Processes Improve the ‘Fit’ of the Fit-For-Purpose Approach to Securing Land Tenure for All in South Africa?

Theories of Land Reform and Their Impact on Land Reform Success in Southern Africa

The Land Issue in the Post-Soviet Space

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