scholarly journals Constraints on property rating in the Offinso South Municipality of Ghana

2013 ◽  
pp. 77-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Addai Boamah
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Property Tax ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Administration System ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
Property Owners ◽  
Municipal Assembly

The potential of property rate has been least tapped by decentralized governments in Ghana. This paper investigates the property rating system in Ghana through a case study of Offinso South Municipality (OSM). Questionnaires were used to gather empirical data from property owners in the municipality. The paper finds that there is inadequate property tax administration system and high public disdain for the property tax in OSM, with a significant association between compliance with the property tax and land use regulations in OSM. The paper suggests that the Offinso South Municipal Assembly (OSMA) should improve its land use planning system to facilitate voluntary compliance with the property tax. OSMA should also address accountability and transparency problems in the property tax system in order to increase public confidence in the tax regime. The OSMA should also improve on the property tax collection modes by computerising the billing and collection processes.

scholarly journals The Changing Uses of Cadastral Information: A User-Driven Case Study

Land ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauliina Krigsholm ◽  
Kirsikka Riekkinen ◽  
Pirjo Ståhle
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Administration System ◽  
Banking Regulations ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
Public Data ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Land Administration Systems

Cadastral information and land administration systems are central to effective land markets, land use and sustainable development. This paper focuses on one aspect of land administration dynamism: the changing uses of cadastral information. We follow a qualitative approach and offer an overview of why, how, and in what form user groups use cadastre and land register data in Finland. We then explore different user groups’ perceptions of emerging changes and discuss their implications for the future land administration system. We identify six major changes that potentially have such implications: the streamlining of environmental permit procedures, the integration of public services, three-dimensional land use planning, tightening banking regulations, digital services, and e-government, and coordination among public data agencies. The paper addresses the relatively unexplored customer side of cadastral information and reiterates the need for an interoperable, accurate and reliable land administration system.

scholarly journals Exploring Islamophobia in land use regulations: the case of the city of Mississauga

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaliya Khan
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Land Use Policies ◽  
New City ◽  
Community Spaces ◽  
The City

Building community spaces is important for immigrant communities: it helps transform the sterility of an unfamiliar new city into home. Muslims have historically sought to make cities their own by building mosques that have served spiritual, social and symbolic functions as architectural sites. This essay examines what the interplay between settlement of newcomers and new types of land use applications and what it tells readers about municipal gaps in addressing the question of “difference” in Canada using the City of Mississauga as a case study. It starts with a review of the history and context of mosque building in Canada, follows up by examining land use policies in Mississauga, and then looks at controversial mosque development issues by examining official city and provincial documents including one Human Rights Complaint. This paper wraps up by presenting recommendations for municipalities to better navigate the question of difference through policy and praxis. Keywords: Islamophobia, land‐use planning, urban planning, racism, exclusion, xenophobia, Mississauga, public policy

scholarly journals Potential Conflicts in the Land-Use Planning Process: A Case Study of the Rural Commune of Oleśnica (Poland)

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-137
Author(s):  
Anna Grochowska ◽  
Martyna Małecka
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Use Patterns

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to identify compatibilities of land-use patterns resulting from adjacent functions within the rural commune of Oleśnica. The analysis was made based on the relevant studies of conditions and directions of spatial planning, as well as a field inventory. The results of the studies show that the applicable planning document became a potential source of spatial conflicts. On these grounds, a negative assessment was given to the functioning spatial planning system, which, according to the premises of spatial order and sustainable development, should prevent them. The existing incompatibilities are the result of issues with coordination of the local spatial policies. As a consequence, they cause an urban development chaos, lack of proper space shaping, environmental damage and lower the residents‘ quality of life.

scholarly journals Exploring Islamophobia in land use regulations: the case of the city of Mississauga

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaliya Khan
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Land Use Regulations ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Land Use Policies ◽  
New City ◽  
Community Spaces ◽  
The City

Building community spaces is important for immigrant communities: it helps transform the sterility of an unfamiliar new city into home. Muslims have historically sought to make cities their own by building mosques that have served spiritual, social and symbolic functions as architectural sites. This essay examines what the interplay between settlement of newcomers and new types of land use applications and what it tells readers about municipal gaps in addressing the question of “difference” in Canada using the City of Mississauga as a case study. It starts with a review of the history and context of mosque building in Canada, follows up by examining land use policies in Mississauga, and then looks at controversial mosque development issues by examining official city and provincial documents including one Human Rights Complaint. This paper wraps up by presenting recommendations for municipalities to better navigate the question of difference through policy and praxis. Keywords: Islamophobia, land‐use planning, urban planning, racism, exclusion, xenophobia, Mississauga, public policy

Disablism, Planning, and the Built Environment

1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
R F Imrie ◽  
P E Wells
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
The Uk

In the last decade access for disabled people to public buildings has become an important part of the political agenda. Yet, one of the main forms of discrimination which still persists against disabled people is an inaccessible built environment. In particular, statutory authorities have been slow to acknowledge the mobility and access needs of disabled people, and the legislative base to back up local authority policies remains largely ineffectual and weak. In this paper, the interrelationships between disability and the built environment are considered by focusing on the role of the UK land-use planning system in securing access provision for disabled people.

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