LORETO, JONAH N.

BSGE-3B
LAND ADMINISTRATION and MANAGEMENT

LAND USE PLANNING

This involves the allocation of land to different uses across a landscape in a way that
balances economic, social and environmental values. It emphasizes the roles of cadastre in
land use planning particularly on urban land management and rural land reform. It attaches
particular importance to urban land management and rural land reform. It also takes into
account the impact of spatial planning on the environment and the creation of optimal
conditions for sustainable development and environmental protection. Finally, we consider
the role that geographic information system technology can play in managing spatial data
within land information systems. More specifically, the goals of modern land use planning
often include environmental conservation, restraint of urban sprawl, minimization
of transport costs, prevention of land use conflicts, and a reduction in exposure to pollutants.
In the pursuit of these goals, planners assume that regulating the use of land will change the
patterns of human behavior, and that these changes are beneficial.
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT
This discusses the institutional arrangements in support of land administration. This
are the policies, systems, and processes that organizations use to legislate, plan and manage
their activities efficiently and to effectively coordinate with others in order to fulfill their
mandate. It focuses on how transition countries, long established market economies, can learn
from the experience of different countries with different approaches to public and private
engagement. Only general policy issues are considered, as organizational structures vary
greatly from country to country. Institutional arrangement has crucial importance to achieve a
balance between the regulatory structures (public sector) and the market forces (private
sector) that will allow controlled growth and will be perceived as of general economic and
social well-being to the population.