scholarly journals LAND ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT FOR POST-DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Author(s):  
N. Vučić ◽  
M. Mađer ◽  
D. Pivac ◽  
M. Roić

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> In the Republic of Croatia, especially during the summer times, fire hazards represent a real threat for vegetation and animals but also for material goods and human lives. The most affected areas are those in the coastal region which is characterized by very dry environment and strong winds which is suitable for rapid spread of fire. Even though the prevention of fire is an utmost imperative, Republic of Croatia is still missing a good and reliable fire management system for fire monitoring but also for post-disaster management. The results of currently ongoing scientific project “Development of Multipurpose Land Administration System &amp;ndash; DEMLAS” could be of an assistance. The aim of the DEMLAS project is to create a prototype of a modern multipurpose land administration system that supports all land governance activities. It could be used for identifying dangerous locations where fires repeatedly occur and together with other relevant data provide a solution for better monitoring and prediction of the fires. It could also be used for identifying the land parcels for compensations for damages and losses after the fire devastations. The Island of Hvar which is also affected by this problem will serve as a test case for quick and relevant calculation of compensations based on official registered data.</p>

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Nikola Vučić ◽  
Mario Mađer ◽  
Doris Pivac ◽  
Miodrag Roić ◽  
Josip Križanović

During the summer period, fire hazards represent an especially real threat not only for vegetation and animals, but also for material resources and human lives. In the Republic of Croatia, the most affected areas are those in the coastal region, which are characterised by a very dry environment and strong winds that are conducive to the rapid spread of wildfire. Although the prevention of wildfire is an utmost imperative, many countries are still missing a good and reliable fire management system for both fire monitoring and prevention and post-disaster management. The aim of this paper is to show the utilisation of open source GIS, web-based technologies, and open data in the case of natural disasters, and to define the concept of advanced national system of compensation determination. Such a system could be utilised to identify land parcels for which compensations for damage and losses after fire devastation have to be determined and could be used by compensation agencies, insurance companies, or state administration. The island of Hvar, which has suffered from fire hazards, was used as a case study for a quick and relevant calculation of the compensation based on land administration data. Sentinel satellite images and official digital orthophoto maps (DOMs) of the affected area before and after the fire devastation were obtained and analysed together with the data on cadastral parcels and land owners. Research was conducted by using both sets of imagery data, showing that Sentinel satellite images are more than adequate for fulfilling the task of the determination of hazard compensation.


Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 629
Author(s):  
Moses Musinguzi ◽  
Stig Enemark ◽  
Simon Peter Mwesigye

The Republic of Uganda is one of the five countries within the East African region. Uganda’s efforts to increase land productivity are hampered by land tenure insecurity related problems. For more than ten years, Fit for Purpose Land Administration (FFPLA) pilot projects have been implemented in various parts of the country. Uganda is now in advanced stages of developing a country strategy for implementing a fit for purpose approach to land administration, to define the interventions, time and cost required to transform the existing formal (western type) land administration system into an administration system that is based on FFPLA principles. This paper reviews three case studies to investigate how lessons learnt from pilot projects informed a FFPLA country implementation strategy. The review is based on data collected during the development of the FFPLA strategy, in which the authors directly participated. The data collection methods included document review, field visits and interviews with purposively selected respondents from the pilot sites and institutions that had piloted FFPLA in Uganda. The study identified that pilot projects are beneficial in highlighting specific gaps in spatial, legal and institutional frameworks, that have potential to constrain FFPLA implementation. Pilot projects provided specific data for informed planning, programing and costing key interventions in the FFPLA country implementation strategy. The lessons learnt from the pilot projects, informed the various steps and issues considered while developing the national strategy for implementing a FFPLA approach in Uganda. On the other hand, the study identified that uncoordinated pilot projects are potential sources of inconsistencies in data and products, which may be cumbersome to harmonize at a national level. In order to implement a fit for purpose approach for land administration at a national level, it is necessary to consolidate the lessons leant from pilots into a unified country implementation strategy.


Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 602
Author(s):  
Christopher Williams-Wynn

What potential will the fit-for-purpose land administration concept have of working in the Republic of South Africa? This question is asked against the existence of a high-quality cadastre covering most of the South African landmass. However, a large proportion of the people living in South Africa live outside of this secure land tenure system. Many citizens and immigrants reside on communal land, in informal settlements, in resettled communities, in off-register housing schemes, and as farm dwellers, labour tenants and other occupants of commercial farms. Reasonable estimates suggest that there are more than 5 million land occupations that exist outside the formal land tenure system and hence outside the formal land administration system. This paper looks at the current bifurcated system and considers how the application of the fit-for-purpose land administration system can expand the existing cadastral system and provide security of tenure that is beneficial and acceptable to all. It demonstrates that, not only could it work, but it is also considered to be necessary. This paper uses South Africa as a case study to demonstrate how adjustments to institutional, legal and spatial frameworks will develop a fully inclusive, sufficiently accurate land administration system that fits the purpose for which it is envisioned. These country-specific proposals may well be of international interest to assist with the formulation of fit-for-purpose land administration systems being developed in other countries.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Femil Umeidini ◽  
Eva Nuriah ◽  
Muhammad Fedryansyah

Bencana adalah suatu peristiwa atau rangkaian kejadian yang mengakibatkan korban penderitaan manusia, kerugian harta, benda, kerusakan lingkungan, sarana dan prasarana serta dapat menimbulkan gangguan terhadap tata kehidupan dan penghidupan manusia. Lingkungan hidup kita, khususnya di Pulau Jawa makin hari semakin terpuruk dan nampak “sangat peka” terhadap gangguan-gangguan proses alami, misalnya curah hujan tinggi disertai angina kencang atau badai yang semakin sering mucul. Desa Mekargalih Kecamatan Jatinangor merupakan salah satu wilayah di Kabupaten Sumedang yang rentan mengalami bencana banjir dan longsor. Hampir setiap musim penghujan, bencana banjir dan longsor melanda wilayah ini. Upaya penanggulangan bencana selama ini telah dilakukan, baik oleh pemerintah daerah maupun dari masyarakat Desa Mekargalih itu sendiri. Dalam menanggulangi bencana tersebut perlu keterlibatan, peran serta partisipasi dari masyarakat tesebut agar dapat mengantisipasi ketika akan terjadi bencana dan mengetahui tindakan apa saja yang harus dilakukan ketika pra bencana, pada saat terjadi bencana dan pasca bencana sehingga masyarakat dapat memeinimalisir dampak dari bencana banjir. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat bentuk partisipasi masyarakat dalam penanggulangan bencana, sejauhmana masyarakat peduli terhadap bencana yang menimpa mereka setiap musim penghujan datang. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kualitatif dengan melakukan analisis berdasarkan interpretasi dari data primer maupun sekunder. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa adanya bentuk partisipasi dari masyarakat dalam penanggulangan bencana di Desa Mekargalih Kecamatan Jatinangor, bentuk partisispasi masyarakat tersebut berupa partisipasi pemikiran, pasrtisipasi tenaga, partisipasi keterampilan, partisipasi barang dan partisipasi uang. Kelima bentuk partisipasi tersebut sudah diterapkan dan berjalan dengan baik di dalam masyarakat ketika bencana banjir akan datang.   Disaster is an event or series of events which results in victims of human suffering, loss of property, property, damage to the environment, facilities and infrastructure and can cause disruption to the order of life and human livelihood. Our environment, especially in Java, is getting worse and worse and seems to be "very sensitive" to disturbances in natural processes, such as high rainfall accompanied by strong winds or storms that are increasingly frequent. Mekargalih Village, Jatinangor Subdistrict is one of the areas in Sumedang District which is prone to floods and landslides. Almost every rainy season, floods and landslides hit this area. Disaster management efforts have been carried out so far, both by the local government and from the Mekargalih Village community itself. In tackling these disasters, the involvement, role and participation of the community needs to be anticipated in order to anticipate when a disaster will occur and find out what actions should be taken when pre-disaster, in the event of a disaster and post-disaster so that the community can minimize the impact of the flood disaster. This study aims to see the form of community participation in disaster management, to what extent the community cares about the disaster that befalls them every coming rainy season. The method used in this study is qualitative by conducting an analysis based on the interpretation of primary and secondary data. The results of this study indicate that there is a form of community participation in disaster management in Mekargalih Village, Jatinangor Subdistrict, the form of community participation in the form of thought participation, labor participation, skills participation, goods participation and money participation. The five forms of participation have been implemented and are running well in the community when the flood disaster will come.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 82-118
Author(s):  
YANA TOOM ◽  
◽  
VALENTINA V. KOMLEVA ◽  

The article studies the main stages and features of the evolution of the public administration system in the Republic of Estonia after 1992. This paper presents brief geographical and socio-economic characteristics that largely determine the development of the country’s public administration. The evolution of the institution of the presidency, executive, and legislative powers are considered. The role of parliament and mechanisms for coordinating the interests of different groups of the population for the development of the country is especially emphasized. The authors analyze the state and administrative reforms of recent years, which were aimed at improving the quality of services provided to the population, increasing the competitiveness of different parts of Estonia, as well as optimizing public spending and management structure. The introduction of digital technologies into the sphere of public administration, healthcare, education, and the social sphere is of a notable place. Such phenomena as e-residency, e-federation, and other digital projects are considered. The development of a digital system of interstate interaction between Estonia and Finland made it possible to create the world’s first e-federation, and the digitization of all strategically important information and its transfer to cloud storage speaks of the creation of the world’s first e-residency, a special residence of data outside the country’s borders to ensure digital continuity and statehood in the event of critical malfunctions or external threats.


Author(s):  
Md Kamruzzaman ◽  
Nurul I Sarkar ◽  
Jairo Gutierrez ◽  
Sayan Kumar Ray

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 105379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Oukes ◽  
Marc van Andel ◽  
Erwin Folmer ◽  
Rohan Bennett ◽  
Christiaan Lemmen

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