451-418/607 Land Administration
Syllabus - 2008

Week DATE TUESDAYS 9AM – 11AM
Topic (Lecturer)
DATE THURSDAYS 9AM – 11AM
Topic (Lecturer)
1 04 Mar

Overview of subject

Subject outline, Subject requirements and Introduction to assignments.

(A/Prof Abbas Rajabifard)

Understanding people to land relationships

Meaning of land, rights, restrictions and responsibilities, global drivers.

(Professor Ian Williamson)
06 Mar

The land admin definition and evolution

Evolution of land administration systems (LAS) and land administration infrastructure.

(Ms Jude Wallace)  

Cadastral concept and principles

Introducing the 'FIG statement on the cadastre' and the 'Cadastral Concept'.

(Professor Ian Williamson)
2 11 Mar

Ten land administration statements and Introduction to the land administration toolbox

Key set of principles for land administration system design.

(A/Prof Abbas Rajabifard/ Ms Jude Wallace)

13 Mar

The role of governance in spatially enabled Land Administration Systems

- governance definitions, evolution and contexts, governance as an enabler in  distributed systems, scope, key tasks and critical challenges of governance in  distributed information systems.

(Mr Paul Box)
3 18 Mar

Tools 1 and 2: Land and Legal policy principles

Introduction to land policy, international drivers in land administration : sustainable development, tenure security, gender equity, poverty alleviation, food security, emergency management, accuracy, interoperability, globalisation, localisation, eGovernment. o verview of legal systems and legal infrastructure in relation to land, separation of powers, federation, statutes, regulations, national codes, legislative overload.

(Ms Jude Wallace)
20 Mar

 

 

Introduction to assignments and Tool 3: Institutional principles

Introduction to major assignments. Good goverance, government structures (national, state, local), decentralisation, local empowerment, NGOs, banks, other international bodies . Key international documents: Bathurst and Bogor Declarations, FIG Cadastre Statement, Cadastre 2014, UN-ECE LA Guidelines.

(Ms Jude Wallace)  

21-30
Easter Break

4 01 Apr

Tool 4: Cadastral mapping and boundary options and

Technical Options

Technical surveying and mapping and boundary options.

(Professor Ian Williamson)
03 Apr

Tool 5: Tenure and registration systems

Introduction to the concept of tenure, differences between tenure typologies and differences between system of registration (verbal, titles, deeds, registry, insurance, pro poor tools).

(Ms Jude Wallace)

5 8 Apr

Tool 6: ICT options for Land Administration

Introduction to ICT, data management, data delivery , enterpirse facilitator

(A/Prof Abbas Rajabifard/Mr Mohsen Kalantari)

10 Apr

Process of Land Administration and e-Land Administration

Introduction to land administration processes and e-Land administration concept.

(Mr Mohsen Kalantari)
6 15 Apr

Adverse possession

Distinction between old and new land law; boundary repair by adverse possession or statutory encroachment and single, national, uniform system for ALL Australia

(Dr. Malcolm Park)
17 Apr

Land and Marine administration,and

marine cadastre

SDI and cadastres in the marine environment. Integrated management of land and marine environments and introduction to seamless SDI.

(Mr Andrew Binns and Ms Sheelan Vaez)
7 22 Apr

Data Integration and Land administration

Integration of the built and natural environment information

(Mr Hossein Mohammadi)
24 Apr

Tool 7: Human resource and capacity building principles

Education, training spatial and surveying professionals in developing and developed countries.

(A/Prof Abbas Rajabifard)

8 29 Apr

Land rights, restrictions and responsibilities

Managing new interests in land

(Mr Rohan Bennett)
01 May

 

Mini - Assignment Report and Presentation
9 06 May

Benchmarking, monitoring and evaluating

Monitoring land administration systems.

Swiss Cadsatral Data Model

Cadastral data modelling

DCDBs and cadastral data models, integration of digital spatial information, comparing cadastral models, the problem of interoperability and tools for achieving interoperability.

(Mr Mohsen Kalantari)
08 May

Building land markets and complex commodities

Stages of development, market based instruments

(Ms Jude Wallace)
10 13 May

Case Study: Victoria's cadastral system

The Victorian cadastral survey system and role of licensed land surveyors in the Victorian land administration system.

(Surveyor General of Vic., DSE, Mr John Tulloch)

Case Study: Victoria's property valuation system

Why property valuation is undertaken and how geomatics fits in.

(Manager, Client Valuations, Valuer-General Victoria - Mr Simon Adcock)
15 May

Case Study : Victoria's registration systems

Australia has 8 Torrens systems. Victoria's is unique. Come along and be dazzled.

(Ms Jude Wallace)

Case Study: Victoria's Spatial Data Infrastructure

Spatial Information Infrastructure, organisations, information layers, recent projects.

(A/Prof Abbas Rajabifard)
11 20 May

PRESENTATIONS

22 May

PRESENTATIONS

12 27 May

PRESENTATIONS

29 May

Subject review

Student Q&A session and discuss student feedback

(A/Prof Abbas Rajabifard/Ms Jude Wallace/Mr Mohsen Kalantari)
02 June - 06 June Swot Vac Period
09 June - 27 June Exam Period