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The Use of the Cadastral Information for Environmental Issues Jarmo Ratia Director General National Land Survey of Finland President of the GSDI Seminar on Cadastre as Tool of Social Cohesion in Latin America and Europe Lisbon (Portugal), 29–30 November 2007. Cadastres ….
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The Use of the Cadastral Information for Environmental Issues Jarmo Ratia Director General National Land Survey of Finland President of the GSDI Seminar on Cadastre as Tool of Social Cohesion in Latin America and Europe Lisbon (Portugal), 29–30 November 2007
Cadastres … • record certain human interests, both public and private, regarding each area of land
Environment… • natural environment • built environment • social environment • environmental policy • environmental protection • sustainable development
? Environmental issues Environmental protection Sustainable development Cadastre
Cadastres importance …? • in UN and EU programmes and declarations • in ’INSPIRE’
…cadastres importance? • Hernando de Soto ”The Missing Ingredient” 1993 • cadastres essential part of the development • but rather a consequence than a cause • cadastres not solution to all problems.
Conlusions – importance of cadastre • in fostering sustainable development and economic growth • as bases for LIS and GIS (e.g. withenvironmental data) systems • as an important component of societys Basic Data Infrastructure serving the environmental management
Society’s Basic Data Infrastructure Person related databases LIS GIS’s Land Register Persons Buildings & Dwellings CADASTRE Plans & Restrictions Enterprises Person ID Position Enterprise related databases Enterprise ID
Conlusions – cadastres in environmental management • important parts of SDI systems that produce information crucial to decision makers in environmental management • land-use planning • informing the land-owners
… does a good cadastre promote sustainable development? Sustainable development and good environmental management is not possible without a modern cadastre.