Reengineering Cadastre and Land Registration Systems and Business Opportunities

The international initiatives by various agencies (such as World bank, FAO, UN, FIG, etc.) suggest that cadastre and land registration systems are currently undergoing major changes worldwide. On such changes, the emerging trends focus on easy access to land, security of land tenure, establishment and operation of efficient land markets, formalization of property rights, incorporating customary and informal settlement areas, development of land information systems (LIS), etc. These trends have encouraged many nations to adopt land information systems by reengineering their land administration systems with uses of Geo-ICT and communication infrastructure, and to support the long-term sustainable development including market economy.