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    Overview

    An exposure to wider issues of land tenure, land administration, land registration and cadastral surveying in the national and international arena.

    See SURV 456 for the details of this paper.

    SURV 556 is geared towards students enrolled for honours degrees and other postgraduate qualifications. It has identical lectures, structure, teaching arrangements, graduate attributes and learning outcomes to SURV 456, differing only in an extended country project and augmented tutorial readings. This paper also provides an overview of issues that can affect land tenure and the work of surveyors in post conflict countries. Particular focus will be given to indigenous lands rights.

    About this paper

    Paper title Advanced Land Tenure
    Subject Surveying
    EFTS 0.1482
    Points 20 points
    Teaching period Not offered in 2024 (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $1,340.02
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Prerequisite
    216 points
    Restriction
    SURV 426 and SURV 456
    Eligibility

    Students need to be registered for honours.

    Although SURV 306 forms an ideal preparation for SURV 556, it is not a requirement.

    Contact

    Dr Francesca Marzatico

    Teaching staff

    Convenor and Lecturer: Dr Francesca Marzatico

    Paper Structure
    The paper explores a spectrum of land tenure issues including:
    • Boundaries
    • Securing and documenting rights in land
    • Land tenure types
    • Communal tenure
    • Informal settlement and land invasion
    • Adjudication
    • Fragmentation and multiple ownership
    • Community-based natural resource management
    • Credit
    • Voluntary land tenure guidelines
    • Land administration
    • Property markets and leasing
    • Treaty making
    • Case studies from other countries
    Teaching Arrangements

    The paper is offered in the second semester of alternate years, with the next course being offered in 2023. Teaching is by way of lectures, tutorials on topical land tenure issues and through students sharing their own findings on countries with land tenure and cadastral systems dissimilar to that of New Zealand. Students complete an in-depth study on these countries and, towards the end of the semester, present these country projects to the rest of the class.

    The paper is internally assessed. 

    Textbooks

    Textbooks are not required for this paper.

    Skeleton lecture notes are available in the form of a course book costing approximately $12.

    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Research, Self-motivation.
    View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.
    Learning Outcomes
    Improvements to land tenure systems are best done with an awareness of alternative models and wider global issues, and this paper provides knowledge and skills that should help graduates to take their place as players in the land tenure consultancies both within New Zealand and internationally.

    Timetable

    Not offered in 2024

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Blackboard
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