The Benefits of Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration for Urban Community Resilience in a Time of Climate Change and COVID-19 Pandemic

Land

David Mitchell¹  Serene Ho¹  M.Siraj Sait²  Darryn McEvoy³  Bernhard Barth⁴ 

[1] Geospatial Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia;Noon Centre for Equality and Diversity, University of East London, London E16 2RD, UK;School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia;UN-Habitat, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Fukuoka 810-0001, Japan;

关键词: fit-for-purpose land administration;    rapid urbanization;    climate change;    pandemic;    urban resilience;   

DOI  :  10.3390/land10060563

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The major global pressures of rapid urbanization and urban growth are being compounded by climate impacts, resulting in increased vulnerability for urban dwellers, with these vulnerabilities exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Much of this is concentrated in urban and peri-urban areas where urban development spreads into hazard-prone areas. Often, this development is dominated by poor-quality homes in informal settlements or slums with poor tenure security. Lessons from a resilience-building project in the Pacific shows that a fit-for-purpose (FFP) approach to land administration can provide solutions by increasing the number of households with security of tenure, and consequently, improving resilience outcomes as informal settlements grow. This paper specifically discusses the influence of FFP land administration on reducing vulnerabilities to external shocks, such as climate change and COVID-19. It proposes ways to be better manage urban growth through the responsible governance of land tenure rights and more effective land-use planning to improve resilience to multiple shocks and stresses, hence, delivering improved access to safe land and shelter. Land administration systems can contribute to enhanced resilience to the shocks of climate extremes and pandemics by improving tenure security and enhancing land-use planning controls. It is argued that climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction need to be better mainstreamed into two major elements of land governance: (i) securing and safeguarding of land rights, and (ii) planning and control of land use.

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