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Introduction to Land Management
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Syllabus
Unit 1: What on earth is land?
Introduction to the term “land management,” including a discussion about the meaning of land, actors and their different interests in land use, actual and future land challenges and how land management can address these challenges.
Unit 2: Who owns the land I live on and the house I live in?
Explanation of some key definitions and concepts of land management (e.g. land tenure, land administration and land transaction) and the importance and functionality of land and property data.
Unit 3: What is my land worth?
Introduction to the meaning of land value for individuals and government, how land values arise and how values can change depending on different land related factors.
Unit 4: How can I manage my land?
Focuses on the general approach of land use and land use changes in urban and rural areas, on the general process of land use planning as well as on key instruments and stakeholder involvement that accompany the land use planning process.
Unit 5: Is my land your land?
Discussion of key-tasks of land policy and how they can influence the land situation and change land attributes actively.
Unit 6: Land management – to what end?
Examples of actual application fields and tasks of land management.
Introduction to the term “land management,” including a discussion about the meaning of land, actors and their different interests in land use, actual and future land challenges and how land management can address these challenges.
Unit 2: Who owns the land I live on and the house I live in?
Explanation of some key definitions and concepts of land management (e.g. land tenure, land administration and land transaction) and the importance and functionality of land and property data.
Unit 3: What is my land worth?
Introduction to the meaning of land value for individuals and government, how land values arise and how values can change depending on different land related factors.
Unit 4: How can I manage my land?
Focuses on the general approach of land use and land use changes in urban and rural areas, on the general process of land use planning as well as on key instruments and stakeholder involvement that accompany the land use planning process.
Unit 5: Is my land your land?
Discussion of key-tasks of land policy and how they can influence the land situation and change land attributes actively.
Unit 6: Land management – to what end?
Examples of actual application fields and tasks of land management.
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Walter Timo de Vries
Professor and Head of the Chair of Land Management
Technische Universität München
Anna Schopf
Scientific Researcher at the Chair of Land Management
Technische Universität München
Uchendu Eugene Chigbu
Scientific Researcher and Lecturer at Chair of Land Management
Technische Universität München
Florian Siegert
Former Managing Director at the Chair of Land Management
Technical University of Munich
Cheonjae Lee
Scientific Researcher at the Chair of Land Management
Technische Universität München
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Technische Universität München
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