Spatial Initiatives for Sustainable Land Management

摘要

Access to land and other natural resources is an important basis for the livelihood of underprivileged people around the globe. Access must be stable and secure if it is to provide an opportunity for economic growth and incentives to invest. The use of land must appropriately planned to ensure sustainable development and to pay respect to finite natural resources. Land administration agencies are charged with implementing land policies, such as planning for sustainable development, providing equitable land distribution and acting in accordance with the legal framework for land governance. Transparent and efficient land administration is a condition for economic development.