Infrastructure Engineering - Theses
Permanent URI for this collection
Search Results
1 - 1 of 1
-
ItemUsing land administration for land risk management( 2013)The impact of risk and disaster events on land and property within the developed world in the last decades has highlighted a significant problem in the ability of citizens and governments to address and respond to these threats. A breakdown in the process of identifying, analysing, evaluating and treating these risks has occurred, leaving communities exposed and vulnerable to a range of very real risk possibilities. The integration of land administration information and risk management processes is considered essential for achieving effective land risk management practices and community resilience for risk events. However, in most countries, land administration and risk management are usually disparate disciplines. This research addresses this problem with the overall aim of facilitating improved risk management of land and property for all stakeholders. This research investigates how land administration could support the process of managing risk to land and property for a range of stakeholders. Its primary objective is to develop a land risk management model which illustrates how these two elements, land administration and risk management, could be integrated to enable the implementation of effective land risk management practices by all stakeholders and to facilitate the development of a resilient community. A mixed methods research design was utilised which included the use of a case study approach focusing on developed countries with established land administration systems. The research developed: an understanding of the issues which impact upon the ability of land administration agencies to contribute to land risk management as well as the factors which motivate them to participate; an understanding of the stakeholder roles and responsibilities in the process of land risk management; and finally, a land risk management model which illustrates a ‘to be’ situation for how land administration could support land risk management if the issues and factors identified were addressed. The model is realised as a prototype system which demonstrates how land administration information can facilitate the effective implementation of land risk management processes and strategies. This research goes beyond the disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management strategies which have emerged from the integration of traditional disaster management models with the process of risk management. In these new models, only specific elements of the risk management process are incorporated and the focus remains largely on the response and recovery elements. This research focuses more heavily on the entire risk management process and all of the elements within the model and is applied specifically to the problem of risk affecting land and property and how this risk can be managed. Applying more attention to the risk management process enables the development of a more resilient community through thorough identification, acknowledgement, assessment and treatment of risks affecting land and property. The integration of land administration facilitates the process enabling stakeholders to better understand the risks which affect their land and property through a user centred view. The study concludes that the current land risk management processes are not sufficient and that improvements are required to achieve community resilience to risk events. The findings reveal that land administration systems have the potential to support land risk management practices and have significant motivational factors however changes to policy, legal, institutional and technical arrangements are first required. It is expected that land risk management initiatives will continue to be high profile issues as climate change brings more frequent and severe weather events. The success of future community resilience will therefore rely heavily on improved management processes for managing risk to land and property through the utilisation of land administration information and engagement of all stakeholders.