Affiliation(s)
Civil Informatics Centre, Ethiopian Construction Design and Supervision Works Corporation (ECDSWC)
Along Megenagna to Bole Ring Road at Gerji Junction, P.O. Box 2561 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ABSTRACT
Population growth and rapid urbanization have caused an exponential
increase in urban land demand in Ethiopia. The information required for land
administration and management has been tremendously increasing as well.
Therefore, this paper describes the steps for a building database prototype for
urban land information management system for the case of Ethiopia which results
to develop an efficient and effective way of spatial and non-spatial urban land
data management system. This research project will develop a central database
system using a PostgreSQL software to retrieve, update and store the required
data using a user-friendly graphical interface. System requirement and
specification is devoted to a system design which incorporates the intended
system behaviour using a use case diagram, logical design of the system using a
class diagram. The design system is validated and tested via sample data which
can store, retrieve, and update the required data as per the user requirement. Developing
this type of urban land information management system, therefore, facilitates
and increases the efficiency of land registration and related activities at the
municipality level. Thence, citizens would be satisfied by the service delivery
of the municipality. The land and real estate ownerships registration will also
become automated. Furthermore, any spatial and non-spatial data related with
the system can be stored in the database which will be ready for more analysis
as to be able to use by policymakers, urban planners for the purpose of
sustainable development of urban area infrastructural developments and land use
policy. The research will lay ground for another task to develop CityGML 3D
modelling for selected cities thereby contributes to spatial data
infrastructure development to Ethiopia.
KEYWORDS
Database prototype,
PostgreSQL, programming language, urban land management system, Ethiopia.
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