DEVELOPMENT OF A GEOPORTAL FOR EFFECTIVE COUNTY LAND MANAGEMENT: CASE OF NAIROBI CITY COUNTY Victor Ouna Department of Land Administration and Information, Technical University of Kenya davickan@gmail.com
Outline Cities Nairobi City Land Administration in Kenya SDI SDI and Land Administration Geoportals Structure of Geoportal Nairobi City Geoportal Structure Gains Challenges Implications
Cities Cities are the future of the world - Urbanisation Role of cities - economic growth and - social development Potentials of cities Challenges of cities - urban sprawl - Tenure Insecurity
Nairobi City Largest city - administrative base - economic - industrial Financial, political and technology hub in Africa - Innovation hub Devolution and Land Administration Conditions Sustainability
Land Administration in Kenya Background - post colonial - genesis Devolution - County government Challenges - centralized system - manual systems Land Information - outdated - manual records Weak institutional arrangements
Spatial data Infrastructures Spatial Framework Components People Data Technology Policy and Institutional arrangements Facilitate Access, Sharing, exchange, use, consumption, dissemination Support Decision Making Policy formulation and Implementation
SDI and Land Administration Information system Integrated data Monitor and analysis Land Information System Data Integration and Management Monitoring Land Markets Cadastre based SDI - Security for Tenure
Geoportals Internet portal - used to find and access geographic information and resources Gateway to SDIs Metadata Catalogues Geographic applications Web Services Data management Clearing Houses
Structure
Nairobi City Geoportal ESRI Geoportal 1.2.5 Framework (Open Source) Data Cataloging, administration, integrity Catalog service Themes INSPIRE-compliant discovery service Customizable metadata profiles Configurable search engine Federated searching INSPIRE Directive European Spatial Data Infrastructure Geoportal KNSDI
Why Geoportal For Nairobi City? Data Integration Land administration Urban Land Use Planning Security of tenure Development plans Service Delivery Risk management and disaster response KISIP
Gains Spatial Framework Infrastructure Service delivery Support Land Markets Policy formulation and implementation Encourage use of geospatial resources Corporate, multi-sector partnerships Public participation Entry point for SDI development
Challenges Lack of Policy Framework /Directive Financial Considerations Weak Institutional Arrangements Capacity development Technological Constraints
Long Term Implications Maximize on large scale ICT driven city Land Governance E-government Spatial Enabled Government Innovation
Q&A
Thank You