GEO2165 Principles of Land Administration

The module aims to acquaint students’ basic principles of land administration. Students will be introduced to different forms of land tenure, land registration and land valuation models. after completing this module our students should be able to:

• Describe and explain the concepts related to land administration, including land policy, land adjudication, land registration, cadastre, land tenure, property rights, land valuation, 
• Describe different forms of land registration (titles, deeds)
• Describe and explain the objectives and process of land valuation
• Recognize and classify different types of land tenure (i.e. urban and rural, formal and informal), in particular with regard to the context of Rwanda
• Describe the institutions dealing with land management and administration (in Rwanda) and the way these institutions operate
• Understand the social-economic properties of land and land transfers processes and procedure
• Understand and explain the link between the land and the legal framework, the financial matters and the land use planning,
• Record and map land properties
•  Present oral and written report on land administration issues using appropriate software and other media;
•  Be able to work for cadastre office, district land bureau, work with cadastre and LIS.