Papers and Presentations

24-27 October 1999
Melbourne, Australia

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Monday 25 October 1999
SESSION 1	Opening and The Bathurst Declaration Chair: Don Grant
Don Grant JoAnne Disano Peter Dale Elizabeth O'Keeffe	Opening Addresses
Ian Williamson	Bathurst Declaration (263Kb) Conference Presentation (60Kb)
SESSION 2	Sustainable Development as a Global Trend Chair: Bill Robertson
JoAnne Disano	Sustainable Development as a Global Trend (28Kb)
Sylvie Lacroux	Contributions of UNCHS (HABITAT) to the UN-FIG International Conference on Land Tenure and Cadastral Infrastructure for Sustainable Development. (19Kb)
Stig Enemark Hans Sevatdal	Cadastres, Land Information Systems and Planning: Is decentralization a key to sustainable development? (389Kb) Conference Presentation (362Kb)
Murray Raff	Integration of Environmental Considerations into Legal Decision-Making at the Domestic Level. (57Kb) Conference Presentation (392Kb)
	Session Report (9Kb) Rapporteur: George Benwell
SESSION 3	Land – The Big Picture for Change Chair: Sylvie Lacroux
Lisa Ting Ian Williamson	Land Administration and Cadastral Trends: Impact of the changing humankind-land relationship and major global drivers. (147Kb) Conference Presentation (692Kb)
Peter Dale	Is technology a blessing or a curse in land administration and sustainable development? (37Kb) Conference Presentation (24Kb)
Agneta Ericsson	Women’s access to land. (54Kb) Conference Presentation (21Kb)
Gershon Feder	Land Administration Reform: Economic rationale and social considerations. (36Kb) Conference Presentation (179Kb)
	Session Report (13Kb) Rapporteur: Chukwudozie Ezigbalike
SESSION 4	Cadastre and Land Administration: Foundations for the Future Chair: Elizabeth O’Keeffe
Ian Williamson Lisa Ting	Land Administration and Cadastral Trends – A Framework for Re-engineering. (233Kb) Conference Presentation (382Kb)
Paul Munro-Faure	Sustainable Development and Land Administration Infrastructure Reforms: The role of land markets and land valuation systems – Agenda for Change? (38Kb)
Jude Wallace	A Methodology to Review Torrens Systems and their Relevance to Changing Societies from a Legal Perspective. (103Kb) Conference Presentation (24Kb)
Jürg Kaufmann	Future Cadastral and Land Administration Systems: Bringing the world together? (64Kb) Conference Presentation (257Kb)
	Session Report (8Kb) Rapporteur: Bill Robertson
Tuesday 26 October 1999
SESSION 5	Land, Information and Power Chair: Gershon Feder
John McLaughlin	Land Administration and Globalization. (80Kb) Conference Presentation (108Kb)
Graeme Neate	Mapping landscapes of the mind: A cadastral conundrum in the native title era. (263Kb)
Don Grant	Spatial Data Infrastructures: The vision for the future and the role of government in underpinning future land administration systems. (74Kb) Conference Presentation (31Kb)
	Session Report (10Kb) Rapporteur: Clarissa Fourie
SESSION 6	Water and Environmental Issues – the imperative to co-ordinate with land administration Chair: Paul Munro-Faure
James Riddell	The Importance of Co-ordinated Land Administration in the Next Millennium. (82Kb) Conference Presentation (32Kb)
Michael Taylor	Water: The impending global crisis and the necessity for co-ordination with strategies for land administration and management. (275Kb) Conference Presentation (536Kb)
Bill Robertson George Benwell Chris Hoogsteden	Marine Cadastre: Administration infrastructure requirements. (43Kb) Conference Presentation (24Kb)
	Session Report (5Kb) Rapporteur: Hans Sevatdal
SESSION 7	The Western Experience Chair: George Benwell
Helge Onsrud	The UNECE (MOLA) initiatives for Europe and their Potential Impact on International Land Administration Trends. (41Kb) Conference Presentation (10Kb)
Paul van der Molen Tommy Österberg	Land tenure and land administration for social and economic development in Europe. (84Kb) Conference Presentation (25Kb)
András Ossko Andrzej Hopfer	Eastern Europe’s Lessons from the Past and Aspirations for the Future: Running to catch-up or blazing a new path? (44Kb)
	Session Report (20Kb) Rapporteur: Murray Raff
SESSION 8	The Developing World Experience Chair: Dato’ Abdul Majid Mohamed
Clarissa Fourie Orlando Nino Fluck	Cadastre and land information systems for decision-makers in the developing world. (70Kb) Conference Presentation (1599Kb)
Dozie Ezigbalike Qhobela Cyprian Selebalo	African Experience of Tenure Reform and Cadastres: A place in the global sun? (76Kb) Conference Presentation (263Kb)
Chris Grant	Lessons from the South-East Asian Cadastral Reform, Land Titling and Land Administration Projects in Supporting Sustainable Development in the Next Millennium. (36Kb) Conference Presentation (862Kb)
Santiago Borrero	Economic and Social Justification for Cadastral Reform – the Latin American experience. (42Kb) Conference Presentation (Self Executable Program - 4.6Mb)
	Session Report (8Kb) Rapporteur: Gershon Feder
SESSION 9	Panel Discussion and Closing Chair: Ian Williamson
	Reports from the following: Peter Dale (11Kb) John McLaughlin (4Kb) James Riddell (10Kb) Jude Wallace (13Kb) Yang Kai (13Kb) Session Report (13Kb) Rapporteur: Paul Munro-Faure
Hon. Sherryl Garbutt MP Minister for Environment and Conservation, State of Victoria, Australia Robert Foster	Closing Address

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