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Wicked Problems, Soft Systems and Cadastral Systems in Periods of Uncertainty *
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Barry, Michael Fourie, Clarissa |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Abstract | ABSTRACT There have been a number of problems when cadastral systems, or elements of cadastralsystems such as titling programmes, have been used in property formalisation programmesin developing countries. This is often not so much a fault with the technical systems thatmake up the cadastral system but the fact that the situation in which cadastral systems areused can be categorised as wicked. In these situations, conventional project managementtechniques are unlikely to s쳮d as it is extremely difficult to identify a specific problemwith clear objectives to be addressed. The situation is often too complex to break it up intosets of small projects. The soft systems methodology, using systems thinking and systemsconcepts, provides a process and a structure for incremental improvements to suchsituations which involves all the stakeholders in a continual learning cycle. 1. INTRODUCTION In this paper we provide an overview of how land managers and consultants shouldconceptualise situations in which cadastral systems are implemented. We proceed byoutlining a number of the drawbacks that have been observed in the implementation ofland registration and cadastral surveying in rural and urban situations. The context of thisdiscussion is the developing world, where poverty, rapid rural to urban migration,international migration and social and political instability prevail in a number ofdeveloping countries. We then discuss tame problems and wicked problems, and how asituation should be understood before land administrators initiate any intervention in thetenure system. Thereafter, we discuss soft systems as a theoretical model to conceptualise awicked situation and the soft systems methodology as a way of attempting to improve sucha situation. We then provide some pointers as to how the interrelated systems of landtenure, land management and administration and the cadastre should be conceptualised in awicked situation based on experiences in informal settlements in South Africa in the1990's. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1179/sre.2002.36.285.483 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.fig.net/resources/proceedings/2001/nairobi/barry-fourie-TS20-4.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1179/sre.2002.36.285.483 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
