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CREATION OF CADASTRAL INFORMATION SYSTEM OF PART OF STATE HOUSING CORPORATION CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

Land is a great resource and indeed, the backbone of wealth in many communities both urban and rural. Conflicts over ownership, land grabs, social disharmony, weak land market and negative impacts on the environment among others are more associated with regions that have poor system of land information and management. This research used geospatial techniques to map and create a cadastral information system (CIS) for the study area. This research aimed at characterizing the existing land users in the study area, analyzed the various land uses and examined the factors responsible for development control violations in the study area. Zenith 45 GNSS RtK was used to obtain coordinates of all the beacons in the estate while the dimension of parcels and size of structures on each plot were digitized from high spatial resolution satellite imagery. Adjudication form was administered to obtain information about the characteristics of parcels and parcel users. These acquired data were processed using ArcGIS 10.5 to create a CIS for the area. The findings revealed that 85.4% of the parcels are owned by males while 14% are owned by females and 0.6% by the Government; about 61% and 35.1% of the land parcels are owned by civil servant and business men/women respectively while 0.6 is government used. Some of the parcels (63.4) in the layout are of medium density. Also, about 93% of the parcels were meant for residential purposes but only 80% are used for residential purposes. Majority of the opinions of respondents’ points to corrupt practices (4.44) as responsible for the violations in the study area. It is recommended that CIS should be established uniformly throughout the state with effective office and field-based surveillance to ensure a controlled development.

Authors : Ebre, F.I., Aliyu, A. and Emmanuel, F.D.

Category : Open Access     Volume (Issue) : 9(1)     Date Uploaded : 26th December 2023

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