Kees de Zeeuw
Director
Kadaster International
The Netherlands

Biography
He holds an MSc degree in land and water management (1989). After long term contracts in Rwanda and Bolivia he has been working more than 10 years in environmental and geo-information sciences at Wageningen University and Research Centre. After being responsible at Kadaster for product and process innovation (2007 – 2010), he now is responsible for the coordination of Kadaster’s international activities and international cooperation projects. Kadaster International provides worldwide advisory services in the domain of land administration, e-governance, geo-information services and SDI.

Abstract
Land Administration for Sustainable Economic development in Smart Cities

Intelligent and effective land administration systems are a solid condition for economic sustainability. If such a system does not exist in a country or a city, development chances are far from optimal. To understand the impact of lacking land administration, it is important to see that land administration includes issues like land valuation, land titling, land use planning and the efficient use of a Land Administration System (LAS). A state-of-the art system enables justified ownership of property, promotes efficient land use planning and allows for innovative approaches in the management of smart cities. In the Netherlands Dutch Kadaster contributes to the National Spatial Data Infrastructure, directly of influence to the management of ‘smart cities’. In this presentation examples are given of recent developments.