FIG Commission 8 - Spatial planning and development

"Land is a scarce resource. In pursue of a sustainable development, it is key to balance the various, sometimes conflicting, interests in spatial planning and to acknowledge the voice of all stakeholders. Themes that will be addressed are urban challenges, urban-rural dependencies, and GIS and land policy tools for implementation."

What we do

For the term 2019-2022 FIG Commission 8 will be working on:

Rural – urban dependency (WG 8.1)
GIS tools for spatial planning (WG 8.2)
Urban Challenges (WG 8.3)
Land policy instruments for spatial development (WG 8.4)
African Water Governance (WG 8.5)

For the full work plan, please visit Work Plan 2019-2022
(Original work plan .pdf-format )

Working Group 8.1 - Rural – urban dependency
Working Group 8.2 - GIS tools for spatial planning
Working Group 8.3 - Urban Challenges
Working Group 8.4 - Land policy instruments for
patial development
Working Group 8.5 - African Water Governance

General

FIG Commission 1

Learn more about how Commission 8 is working with the SDG's

New FIG Publication on Water Governance Challenges in Africa

June 2021,

"Good Practice for Resilience Planning to address Water Governance Challenges in Africa" is prepared by FIG Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and Development; Working Group 8.5 on African Water Governance and is no 77 in the series of FIG Publications. Read more.

Publication 77: Good Practice for Resilience Planning to address Water Governance Challenges in Africa (pdf)

Commission 8, Chair Elect

August 2021

The General Assembly elected Mr. Kwabena Asiama from Ghana, GhIS, as the Chair Elect of Commission 8, the elected Chair Elect term as the Chair of the Commission will be initiated at the FIG Congress 2022 for the period 2023-2026.

Commission 8 at FIG Working Week 2021

August 2021

The Working Week took place online, 20-25 June 2021. Commission 8 held its annual meeting with outset in their prepared Report and Agenda. Commission 8 was also involved in sessions covering Commission 8 areas within the theme of Smart Surveyors for Land and Water Management. To read more click here.

UPCOMING EVENTS

FIG Congress 2022

More information will follow soon.

www.fig.net/fig2022

July 2021

Workshop Joint FIG Commissions 3 and 8 - Proceedings

July 2021

FIG Commission 3 and 8 Workshop on
Spatial information management to optimize Spatial planning and Sustainable development

May 2021

December 2020

Successful webinar about Land Banking - Read more and watch the webinar

March 2020

Report to the General Assembly - FIG Commission 8

More News from FIG Commission 8

	Publications		Work Plans

	Proceedings		Working Groups

	Key Documents		Events

Meet the officers Commission Chair Ms. Marije Louwsma, the Netherlands Advisor spatial planning Contact: FIGCommission8 [at] fig.net
Working Group Chairs: Rural – urban dependency (WG 8.1) Rosy Liao Rong, China, People’s Republic of GIS tools for spatial planning (WG 8.2) Enrico Rispoli, Italy Urban Challenges (WG 8.3) Erwin van der Krabben, the Netherlands Land policy instruments for spatial development (WG 8.4) Dr. Morten Hartvigsen, Hungary African Water Governance (WG 8.5) Richard Pagett, Serbia List of all officers		Delegates and Correspondents: Each member association has the right to nominate a delegate to each of the ten technical commissions. In addition Affiliates, Academic Members and Corporate Members are welcome to nominate a correspondent to each commission. Commission Delegates and correspondents Interested? If you are interested to become a national delegate from your country, please contact your member association. The contact information of national delegates is updates by the FIG office. Any changes in contact information should be sent to the FIG Office.

Achievements




Terms Term 2019-2022 Term 2015-2018 Term 2011-2014 Term 2007-2010 Term 2003-2006 Working Groups Term 2019-2022 WG 8.1: Rural – urban dependency WG 8.2: GIS tools for spatial planning WG 8.3: Urban Challenges WG 8.4: Land policy instruments for spatial development WG 8.5: African Water Governance All working groups	Tas Force FIG Africa Taskforce Newsletters August 2020 November 2019 August 2019 June 2019	FIG Publications FIG Proceedings List of FIG Conference Proceedings FIG Surveyors Reference Library	Events All events Reports to General Assembly Report, May 2020 Report, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2019 Report, Istanbul, Turkey, 2018 Report, Helsinki, Finland, 2017 All reports

FIG Commission 8 - Spatial planning and development

What we do

New FIG Publication on Water Governance Challenges in Africa

Commission 8, Chair Elect

Commission 8 at FIG Working Week 2021

UPCOMING EVENTS

Workshop Joint FIG Commissions 3 and 8 - Proceedings

FIG Commission 3 and 8 Workshop on Spatial information management to optimize Spatial planning and Sustainable development

Successful webinar about Land Banking - Read more and watch the webinar

Report to the General Assembly - FIG Commission 8

Meet the officers

Commission Chair

Working Group Chairs:

Delegates and Correspondents:

Achievements

Terms

Working Groups

Tas Force

Newsletters

FIG Publications

FIG Proceedings

Events

Reports to General Assembly

FIG Commission 3 and 8 Workshop on
Spatial information management to optimize Spatial planning and Sustainable development