Mporokoso, Annie (2016) Using ICT Tools in Managing Customary Land, Demarcation, Conflict and Tenure Data in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Zambia. Masters thesis, University of Zambia.
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Abstract
Abstract – The high demand for customary land due to urban-rural migration has brought about domestic and international land boundary conflicts in Zambia. The unsuitable land demarcation mechanism and partial documentation of customary land parcels has contributed to the prevailing land disputes. The study proposes the utilization of Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools such as the Participatory Geographical Information System (PGIS) and the mobile application in the implementation of the customary land management system. ICT will facilitate the demarcation process of customary land boundaries and documentation of land records thereby reducing land conflicts and provide security of tenure. The study began by a baseline survey in Chief Munkonge’s chiefdom in Northern Province to ascertain the methods and type of information used in customary land management. The females and males that owned land and were above the age of eighteen (18) years were the main target. Based on the baseline study, a mobile based application was developed using PGIS technologies. In the baseline study, the results showed that 61% of the residents had their land demarcated through use of trees, 29.4% had used ant hills and 9.6% used streams. The study also showed the existence of land disputes as a result of incorrect land demarcation system, with 56% of the residents having experienced family boundary conflicts, 40% experienced the sale of land by their traditional leaders and 4% experienced communal land conflicts. Using the results obtained from the baseline study, a mobile customary land management system model was developed. The model is based on three core concept namely the person, land object and the media. Using this model a prototype was developed with capabilities of harmonising land boundaries, document land records and land coordinates for family and communal land and integrate with ownership land details to ensure security of tenure.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | land demarcations, PGIS, ICTs, Mobile Application, land allocation, boundary conflicts |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Geoffrey Obatsa |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2018 09:27 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2018 09:27 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/8856 |
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