Bridging Sustainable Development Goals and Land Administration

The Role of the ISO 19152 Land Administration Domain Model in SDG Indicator Formalization

Journal Article (2024)
Authors

Mengying Chen (Student TU Delft)

PJM Oosterom (TU Delft - Digital Technologies)

Eftychia Kalogianni (TU Delft - Digital Technologies)

Paula Dijkstra (Kadaster)

Christiaan Lemmen (University of Twente)

Research Group
Digital Technologies
To reference this document use:
https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040491
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Publication Year
2024
Language
English
Research Group
Digital Technologies
Issue number
4
Volume number
13
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040491
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Abstract

This study illustrates the linkages between the ISO’s Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) and the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), highlighting the role of the LADM in promoting effective land administration suitable for efficient computation of land/water (space)-related SDG indicators. The main contribution of this study is the formalization of SDG indicators by using the ISO standard LADM. This paper proposes several SDG-indicator-related extensions to the multi-part LADM standard that is currently under revision. These extensions encompass the introduction of new procedures for calculating indicators, the integration of blueprints for external classes to fulfil additional information needs and the design of interface classes for presenting indicator values across specific countries and reporting years. In an innovative approach, this paper introduces the Four-Step Method—a powerful framework designed to formalize SDG indicators within the LADM framework. Detailed attention is devoted to specific indicators, including 1.4.2 (secure land rights), 5.a.1 (women’s agricultural land rights), 14.5.1 (protected marine areas) and 11.5.2 (valuation as a basis for direct economic loss). In short, the Four-Step Method is pivotal in eliminating ambiguities, enhancing the efficiency of indicator computation and securing more accurate indicator values that more truly reflect the progress towards SDG realization. This approach is also expected to work with other (ISO) standards for other SDG indicators.