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By Thomson Reuters, FIG Corporate Member The implementation of a new land administration system is no small investment for modern governments in both developed and developing countries. The operation as a whole depends on the strength of the new system and the users’ ability to wield it to its fullest potential. The risk of adopting a new system can be minimized by evaluating it against the 3S Decision-Making Framework. Ensuring that the governments’ prospective solution is secure, scalable and sustainable enables the tempering of the challenges associated with change and positions the organization for both short- and long-term successes. The publication include 10 considerations allowing modern governments to gauge the security, scalability and sustainability of the solution being evaluated. |
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Land Administration for Sustainable
Development - available as e-book Receive a free copy The authors: Professor Ian Williamson, Professor Stig Enemark, Land Policy Lawyer Jude Wallace and Professional Land Surveyor and Chartered Engineer Abbas Rajabifard examine global land administration systems and outlines basic principles applicable to all countries. This book shows how to help ensure social equality, economic growth, and environmental protection through holistic land management. Professors, government officials, and students of land planning, land administrators, land planning managers will find this an invaluable resource. The Land Administration for Sustainable Development e-Book is available in English, Spanish, and French 1 July 2013 / 2018 |
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GIM International FIG Special 2011 For the FIG Working Week, which was held from 18th to 22nd May 2011 in Marrakech, Morocco, GIM International has created a dedicated edition. This edition is available online. The theme of this issue is cadastre and the developments that specialists expect in the time to come: an interview with Hernando De Soto and the series of articles Beyond Cadastre 2034. 30 May 2011 |
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The Future of Cities is a report of a parallel event held on the occasion of the nineteenth session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT). Includes presentation of Prof. Holger Magel, FIG President "About the Future of Cities". |
The Future of Cities. UN-Habitat, Nairobi 9 May 2003
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joint CLGE/FIG seminar on Enhancing Professional Competence,
Delft, The Netherlands, 3 November 2000 Proceedings from
the first Joint CLGE/FIG seminar on Enhancing Professional
Competence that was held 3 November 2000 at Delft
University of Technology are now available as hard copy and on
this web site. The aim of the seminar was to develop a suitable
framework for the surveying profession in Europe as a basis for
enhancing professional competence through the principle of
mutual recognition of professional qualifications which has been
established in law at the European level. This is the first
joint activity to combine the efforts of FIG and CLGE (The
Council of European Geodetic Surveyors). The seminar attracted
some 50 participants from 17 countries representing the
educational sector and the professional surveying community in
the European region. |
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The SDl Guide for Africa aims to provide a blue print for SDl
implementation. Real experiences, examples, and documents are
presented from African countries and other countries around the world
It is meant as a ‘virtual reference kiosk' for information managers,
data technicians, and technology innovators who are interested in
building information infrastructure in their country.
It has been compiled as a cooperative effort of the Economic
Commission for Africa (ECA), the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
Association (GSDl) and ElS-Africa , with the collaboration of the
International Institute for Geoinformation Science and Earth
Observation (ITG). The objective of compiling this handbook is to
assist African countries to improve the management of their
geo-spatial data resources in a way that effectively supports
decision-making by governments and ensures the participation of the
entire society in the process. For more information contact |
