Stubkjær: Cadastral Development. - KTH, 2003

Stubkjær: Cadastral Development

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MSc study programme in Land Management
for graduates from Eastern and Central Europe
at Department of Real Estate and Construction Management
KTH, Stockholm

A Theoretical Base for Cadastral Development

Erik Stubkjær
Department of Development and Planning
Aalborg University, Denmark

February 24.- 28. 2003

Course description

Introduction: Land is a scarce and vunerable resource. The entrepreneurial activities of the individual owner have, therefore, to be regulated by representatives of the society. This regulation is achieved through societal communication.

The societal communication takes place at different levels which are characterized by the societal role of the participants of the communication, and the degree of formalization of the communication among the participants.

The cadastre is considered, in this context, as a means for making the formalized part of the societal communication precise. This is achieved by naming the individual entities of the national property stock in a systematic way, and by recording information on size, and other quantities, as well as on rights and obligations.

The attributes of the mentioned property stock are changed constantly, due to the dispositions of owners, municipalities, etc. To keep a fairly precise picture of the changing land use, the dispositions of the owners have to be related to the cadastre in order to keep the cadastre up to date. This can be achieved through formalized communication, that is through administrative processes. By formalizing the communication the demands of due (just) process can better be fulfilled. Through the formalized processes the cadastre and its related processes provides for a kind of map, not only of the property stock, but, also, of the changes which regard ownership, property structure, and land use.

Municipals, governmental units, neighbours, and other representatives of the society can use this information flow as a basis for discussions on how to balance the initiative of the owner in terms of subdivisions, construction of buildings, new easements, etc with long term societal concern for prosperity and sustainability.

The resources needed for the developments of cadastres are substantial. Therefore, cadastral development must be considered with knowledge of related mapping, registration, and administrative tasks. Such activities which may support or impede cadastral development, may be performed by governmental units, (regional) utility companies, the mapping and construction sector, and by companies and services which manage large areas, e.g. forestry. The mentioned companies, etc. interact with governmental bodies and political interests, and this provides for the political-administrative context for cadastral development.

Purpose: The purpose of the course is to present a set of concepts, an emerging theory which provides for a theoretical base for the development of cadastres in societies which subscribe to the legal-administrative norms of European countries: The idea of the Rechtsstaat, a society based on law and order.

Content: Research on formal communication, and on the interaction of institutional 'actors' is presented in the course.

Cadastral development is dependent on available technology. Technology as such is not covered by the course, but the role of technology within an organisation is discussed.

After the course the course participant should be able to critically assess research proposals on cadastral development.

Course outline (Handouts offered every morning)

· Scope of Course. Cadastre related organisations.

· Spatial Units and Reference Frames.

· Theory of Organisations

· Actor Network Theory

· Research: Academic norms and the reality.

Background papers (Annexed)

PreAnnouncement (2003) Regional Center of Excellence on Real Property Rights and Land Market Development, Hungary. World Bank http://www.eurogi.org/calendar/RcOE_WS_Jan03.pdf
Stubkjær, </spanErik</span (2002) Modelling Real Property Transactions. Proceedings, FIG XXII International Congress Washington, D.C. USA, April 19-26 2002. Session JS14 Cadastral Appraisal, Land Markets and Valuation. http://www.fig.net/figtree/pub/fig_2002/Js14/JS14_stubkjaer.pdf
Stubkjær, Erik (2001) Spatial, Socio-economic Units and Societal Needs - Danish Experiences in a Theoretical Context. In: Life and Motion of Socio-Economic Units / Frank, A U; Raper, J; Cheylan, JP (Eds). London, Taylor & Francis. (GISDATA Series, no. 8) 265- 279 
Stubkjær, Erik (1999) Communication in cartogaphy, and in information systems development - A plea for a linguistic model of communication Kartografické listy Vol 7, 23-34.
Stubkjær, Erik (1999) Cadastre, the surveying profession, and cadastral development. Paper, presented at the 21st Urban Data Management Symposium, Venice, 21.-23. April 1999. 10 p.
Stubkjær, Erik, 1996 A Theoretical Basis for Cadastral Development. In: ELIS' 94 European Land Information Systems. Proceedings, Third Seminar of the European Co-operation Network for Education and Research in Land Information Systems (EUROLIS), Sept. 1994. Delft; Delft University of Technology, 1996. - pp 0.9 - 0.23.

Stubkjær, Erik (1992) The development of national, multi-purpose spatial information systems - Danish experiences in a theoretical context. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 16 (3) (May/June 1992) p 209-217.

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