Erik Stubkjær
Course: International Land Management
Institute of Real Estate Studies, HUT, Finland
September 2003
Updated 2003-10-29
     

Welcome!

This is my site for the course International Land Management. If you want more information on course content, please contact the lecturer, prof. Erik Stubkjær, by e-mail: est@land.auc.dk . The course is announced at the HUT website.

Selected ILM resources on the web
References to literature: A (draft) Guide to LM literature and "My library"

Course PROGRAMME | ANNOUNCEMENT | WORLD VIEW

PROGRAMME (may be subject to change):
 

Date
Time
Content 
06.10 10 - 14 1. Problem perception and knowledge centres (OHs)
2. Society, organisations, and land management. Cadastral systems.
08.10 08 - 12 3. The class of Territorial units. The management of place names.
4. Land tenure and real property rights. Change of institutions like property rights (OHs)
13.10 10 - 14 Seminar 1A: Presentations by course participants: Cadastral systems in selected countries.
5. Theory on organisations (OHs).Project organisation. Logical Framework Analysis(OHs)
15.10 08 - 12 Seminar 1B: Presentations by course participants: Cadastral systems in selected countries.
6. Cadastral processes and transfer of property rights. Procedures and transactions..
20.10 10 - 14 7. Hernando de Soto on formal and informal legal systems
8. Douglass C North on long-term institutional changes (OHs)
22.10 08 -12 Seminar 2: Mr Martti Hautala, NLS, on the transfer of land management knowledge
9. Professions and professional liability (OHs)
27.10 10 - 14 Examination
29.10 8 - 12 Comments on examination. Discussion

Course ANNOUNCEMENT

Course: Maa-20.375 International Land Management


CONTENT:
Basic concepts and regulatory system in Western countries, developing countries and countries in transition. Property subdivision. Executory proceedings. The function of real estate registers. The importance of public registers. Legal safeguards. International comparison of systems.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Lectures, seminar presentation and examination, mandatory attendance at seminar sessions.

LITERATURE:
Dale, Peter & John McLaughlin (1999) Land Administration. Oxford University Press. 169 p.
Lecture notes.

The WORLD VIEW of the course may be depicted as follows:

 
Societal Values and Resources
condition
   Organisational interactions on Development   
of cadastral systems comprising of

Owners &
Property Rights		 Government
& Rules
Transactions
Terrain Objects Databases
© Stubkjær, 2003

The domain of the course may be further described by the following catchwords:

  • Geographical units; Administrative districts; Place name administration;
  • Governmental and judicial structure, centrally and locally; National information systems; Information infrastructures;
  • Land related, administrative procedures; Boundary disputes; Foreclosure procedures;
  • Land tenure; The 'bundle of rights'; Categories of property rights; Adverse possession;
  • Professionals and governmental staff: Competencies, skills and status
  • Markets in land and capital; Distribution of national resources; Non-monetary values of land, cf. Territorialism;
  • Project management; Logical framework analysis; Institutional analysis and design; Communication with end users;
  • Development co-operation internationally: Actors, resources, and the knowledge base
  • Education; Literacy; Availability of professionals; Formal and informal legal systems; History
  • The good society; Secure tenure; Good governance; Administrative culture; Corruption perception

For orientation, I give access to the course programme from 2001, and related course material. I am not going to repeat the course structure, but the content may trigger questions, which you (course participant) would like to see addressed. Mail me, and I will see where it might fit.

Erik Stubkjær, est@land.auc.dk - For latest update, see top of document. Established 2003-09-26;