Mapping and managing land interests
Sustainable development requires that land interest information be well organized and easily accessible. Existing systems are focused on ownership rights and are not equipped to deal with the hundreds of new restrictions and responsibilities placed on land. This paper introduces a set of principles for overcoming these limitations. The principles cover land policy, legislative design and administrative aspects. Central to each of these areas is the mapping of land interests. Geo-coding facilitates integration and visualization of information, both of which are pivotal to sustainable land management. The principles are an outcome of postgraduate research into the land interest information required by government and citizens.