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After the Disaster –Cadastral Processes to Establish Legal Security (8519)

Lukas Rammer, Gerhard Navratil and Julius Ernst (Austria)
Dr. Gerhard Navratil
Reasearch Group Leader
TU Vienna
Department for Geodesy and Geoinformation
Research Group Geoinformation
Gusshausstr. 27-29/E120.2
Vienna
1040
Austria
 
Corresponding author Dr. Gerhard Navratil (email: navratil[at]geoinfo.tuwien.ac.at, tel.: +43(1)58801/12712)
 

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Published on the web 2017-03-10
Received 2016-10-01 / Accepted 2017-02-01
This paper is one of selection of papers published for the FIG Working Week 2017 in Helsinki, Finland and has undergone the FIG Peer Review Process.

FIG Working Week 2017
ISBN 978-87-92853-61-5 (Online) ISBN 978-87-92853-62-2 (Printed)
ISSN 2307-4086
https://www.fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2017/index.htm

Abstract

One of the major problems of a cadastre is a changing reality. Natural disasters typically cause such changes and a problem in the aftermath is the missing legal security for land owners and other holders of land rights. This uncertainty has a direct influence on the rebuilding process after a disaster because it restricts the motivation of land holders to invest money on the improvement of land and it limits the possibility to lend money from banks. In the paper we show the situation in Austria. The first step is to identify possible disasters for Austria. Previous disasters are discussed and their effects on parcel boundaries and the geodetic control network are analyzed. Realistic disasters include floods, mass movements, and earthquakes. Then the technical and legal concepts to restore parcel boundaries are explained and the problems identified. In the conclusions a general idea is presented that could be the basis for the creation of a new method of recovery.
 
Keywords: Professional practice; Digital cadastre; Cadastre; Land management; Land readjustment; Security of tenure; Spatial planning; Legislation

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