All human life is supported and sustained by the land. In the rural areas of the world, it supports production in agriculture and forestry. In urban areas, it provides a foundation for production, trade and services. Land provides us with a place to live as well as a safe and healthy environment.
NIRAS’ approach involves understanding both the livelihoods and the land rights of the local people. When farmers have secured rights to their land, they are also prepared to invest in land, because the investments will bear fruits for themselves and their families.
By including the people directly involved in the formulation of the land rights and the administration of the land, from policy-makers to the people in the field, we help our clients identify the processes and techniques most suited to meet the unique needs of each area.
NIRAS uses a variety of tools, enabling us to support governments in the development of cost-effective land administration systems. The technology is always adjusted to local conditions and has to be developed with the capabilities of the administration.
Our approach is holistic; we assist governments with the development of the whole land administration as well as the individual processes involved. In addition, we have been successful in developing multipurpose cadastre concept to involve other sectors such as taxation, to benefit from land information.
We have also supported several sustainable land use planning programmes in rural as well as in metropolitan areas.
We provide consultancy services in the following areas:
- Land administration
- Land policy and legislation
- Land registration
- Land information systems
- Multi purpose cadastre development
- Land reform
- Land use planning
- Urban planning