An important government activity of all nation states is building and maintaining a land administration system (LAS) with the primary objective of supporting an efficient and effective land market. This includes cadastral surveys to identify and subdivide land, land registry systems to support simple land trading (buying, selling, mortgaging and leasing land) and land information systems to fac...

Land-use change has received less attention than other threats to natural systems and in particular, exurban development is poorly understood despite the fact that it is the fastest growing type of land use in the United States. In this study, land use and cover information was integrated with watershed variables at two different scales resulting in new insights regarding the importance of addr...

Abstract. Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (DInSAR) allows displacements to be detected with millimeter accuracy as well more advanced methods, such Persistent Scatterer (PSI). Sentinel-1 data have been collected systematically under the COPERNICUS program at a high temporal resolution global coverage, helping us build wide user community and develop miscellaneous SAR-based ...

Wildfires are key drivers of land use/land cover (LULC) dynamics by burning vegetation and affecting human infrastructure. On the contrary, LULC changes (LULCCs) may affect fire regime influencing type, burnable areas, fuel loads continuity. This study investigates relationship between LULCC wildfires. We developed a methodology based on different indicators, which allowed us to quantitatively ...

1 Perennial and violent family, ethnic, tribal, national and regional conflicts are land-related, particularly the struggle for access to and control over land and its natural resources. Preventing and managing landrelated conflicts requires securing land rights for all beyond property rights. The paper takes the view that access to and control over land-based resources for the majority will ne...

New Zealand has a legal 3D cadastre, and has done since the inception of its cadastral survey and tenure systems around 150 years ago. However, the digital representation of the cadastre is 2D with 3D situations handled via static plan, section and elevation images and supporting textual information. Work is currently underway to develop a 3D digital cadastre that will enable the 3D spatial ext...