Course Introduction

Subject
Course Code SG 3218
Lecture hours - 30 (every week two
hours)
Number of Credits 2
Course Introduction
Evaluation Criteria
Continuous Assessment (CA) 40 %
Six continuous assessments (only count
five of them)
You can score maximum 8% from each
I will inform prior one week before the
CA
Course Introduction
Evaluation Criteria
Written examination at the end of the
semester 60%
Number of Questions 5
Three hours
No selections (You have to answer all)
Ground Rules
I would like to give my knowledge as far as I can
Your participation for lectures is important
You can raise subject related any questions within
lecture hours
You can email your questions to me
divithura@sab.ac.lk
Or you can directly come to my office for questions
and answers (if I am available in the office)
Ground Rules
Please come to the lecture on time
Please switch off your mobile phones within lecture hours
Read additional subject related reference materials
(online, library, other)
Normally after one hour I will give 15 minutes break (be
punctual)
If in any case a lecture is postpone I will inform prior (via
student notice boards or at least to your batch
representative)
Subject overview
1. Introduction
2. Land management policies
3. Land settlement
4. Land development
5. Land reform
6. Land consolidation
7. Acquisition of land for public purposes
8. Classification and analysis of registration systems
9. Evolution of title registration in Sri Lanka
10. Land surveys for land administration
11. Land information system
12. Legislation for land administration
13. Sustainable development for land
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Land as a resource
The worlds population has already reached seven
billion people.
The world population of 7.2 billion in mid-2013 is
projected to increase by almost one billion people
within the next twelve years
Reaching 8.1 billion in 2025, and to further increase
to 9.6 billion in 2050 and 10.9 billion by 2100
(Source : United Nations, 2012)
Land as a resource
The two special characteristics of land
immovability and indestructability
Land as a scare resource
Sustainability of the land resource
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Land as a resource
The poor are becoming increasingly concentrated in
slums and squatters settlements in our ever
expanding cities.
At present computation level, Within 30 years two
thirds of the worlds population will live in cities.
At present consumption levels, two thirds of the
worlds population will live in water stressed
conditions by the year 2025.
(Bathurst Declaration on land administration for sustainable development,
1996 )
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Land policy
Land and the way governments deal
with land is, in all countries (whatever
stage of development they are in), an
important topic of government
development policy
Land policy consists of socio-economic
and legal prescriptions that dictate how
the land and the benefits from the land
are to be allocated
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Land policy
It relates to;
Economic development
Equity and social justice
Environmental preservation
Sustainable land use (UN-ECE, 1996).
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Land policy instruments
There are various instruments that can be
used to implement land policy.
Improving land tenure security;
Regulating land markets;
Land-use planning;
Land taxation
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For implementation, these instruments
depend on land administration tools.
Land policy instruments
These land policy instruments can interact
and influence each other and may be used
by governments to determine the
distribution of land, to regulate landed
property values, to control the development
and use of land and to create revenue from
the use of land.
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Examples for using Land Policy
Instruments
The use of land taxation regimes to encourage
certain types of land use e.g. high taxes imposed
on idle land may result in more intensive land use
Measures to improve land tenure security may
be taken to facilitate a more vibrant land market
e.g. improvements in land registration
Land ownership ceilings may also be used to
break up large land holdings and improve land use
and distribution
The use of land registry to impose and enforce
restrictions on land transactions e.g. to prevent
undesirable land sales
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Land policy instruments ,Land
administration tools and land
management
Source : Molen,2002
Land Policy
Tenure security Land markets Land planning Land tax
Land administration
Land registry Cadastre Valuation Land inventory
Instruments
Land management Sustainable Development Socio-economic Development
Tools
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The Definition of land
administration (UN 1996)
Land administration is the process of
determining, recording, and
dissemination of information about
ownership, value and use of land, when
implementing land management
policies.
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The Three key attributes of land
Source : Dale and McLaughlin (1999)
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The key components of land
administration
The four basic components of land administration
Source: Steudler, Rajabifard and williamson (2004)
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Land management
Land management can be seen to play a
coordinating role between land policy and
land administration. Its objectives are to
fulfill the environmental, economic, and
social goals of land policy by planning,
promoting and controlling efficient land
use through the process of land
administration.
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Relation; Land Policy & Land
Administration
Land Policy
Land Policy
Instruments
Land
Administration
Policy level
Implementation level
Tool level
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Land management
Land management is about decision making
and the implementation of decisions about the
use of land resources.
Its objectives are to fulfill the environmental,
economic, and social goals of land policy by
planning, promoting and controlling efficient
land use through the process of land
administration.
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Land policy instruments ,Land
administration tools and land
management
Source : Molen,2002
Land Policy
Tenure security Land markets Land planning Land tax
Land administration
Land registry Cadastre Valuation Land inventory
Instruments
Land management Sustainable Development Socio-economic Development
Tools
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How to fulfill the functions ? :
meeting the demand !
Land administration
System
From land
reformers
From the
land market
From
environmental
managers
From tax payers
From tax
inspectors
From land
users
From land use
managers
From people
wanting to have
secure title
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A long list - of demands from people
seeking security of land tenure
People wanting to have secure
tenure
Robust right to land
Rights with sufficient
duration
Knowable to third parties
Easy registrations procedures
Transferable land rights
Inheritable land rights
Recognized as a collateral
Boundary determination
Conflict resolution
Picture
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A long list of demands by parties in
the land market (1)
Parties in the
land
market,e.g.
Access to status of land
pertaining to private law
Transparent procedures
Reliable land information
Up to date land information
Quick delivery
Clear land information
Value for money
Good service
Indication value and use
Access to status of land
pertaining to public law
- Buyer / Seller
- Professionals
- Banks
- Government
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A long list of demands by parties in
the land market (2)
Access to credit mechanisms
Security mortgages for lender
and borrower
Foreclosure mechanisms
Knowledge of legal
competencies of involved
parties
Options for monitoring and
interventions
Options for public acquisition
Access for the poor, Women
and vulnerable groups
Picture
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Long - list of demands of parties
involved in land use planning and
control (1)
Involved parties :
- Land owners / lessees
- Government
- Local authorities
- Land developers
- Speculators
Transparent land use planning,
development and maintenance procedures
Judicial review & redress
Plans binding for citizens &
government
Clear division of mandates
Timely availability of land information
Options for interference
Options for public acquisition of land
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Long - list of demands of parties
involved in land use planning and
control (2)
Mechanisms to monitor
and control land use
Land use plans open for
public inspections
Community involvement
Favorable for the poor,
woman and vulnerable
groups
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Long - list of demands of parties
involved in land taxation
Parties involved :
- Taxpayers
- Tax inspectors
Timely information on owners and
lessees of land, renters of buildings
(taxable persons)
Timely information on taxable objects
Timely information about value of land
and properties (value of taxable objects)
Timely information about changes in
taxable objects, subjects and values
Options for judicial review and redress
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Long - list of demands of land
reformers, resource managers
Many parties involved
Many forms of land reforms
Clear legal rules
Timely land information
Appropriate recording of outcomes
Monitoring and control post reform
situation
Enough accompanying measures
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How can land administration meet
these demands
Institutional level
Organizational
level
Players of the game
Rules of the game
Policy choices
Legal framework
Public administration
Customer focus
ICT policy
Strategic alignment
Good work process
ICT architecture
Operational alignment
Adequate skills staff
No corruption