451-418 Land Administration

Upon completion of this subject students should have an understanding of the need for effective and efficient land administration systems; be able to review the variety of technologies for developing and maintaining such systems; and understand and analyse a range of local and overseas approaches to land administration in both developed and developing countries.

Topics include the concept of land and land as a resource; land administration and land management; the cadastral concept and legal, fiscal and multi-purpose cadastres; cadastral surveying and mapping; principles and concepts of land registration; rights, restrictions and responsibilities related to land; cadastral systems in developing countries including informal cadastres, parallel cadastres and customary tenures; AGENDA 21 and HABITAT II Global Plan of Action; land and geographic information systems; urban information systems; cadastral reform; land administration and spatial information systems in Victoria and associated government policy; institutional arrangements supporting land administration; spatial data infrastructures in Australia; coordinated cadastres; digital cadastral data bases; comparative cadastral studies; modelling and evaluating cadastral and land information systems; and land markets and their relationships to planning, valuation and cadastre.

One 3-hour written examination (50%), plus assignments and practical exercise reports totalling not more than 40 pages (50%).