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<strong>Cadastral</strong> "Reform" At What Cultural Costs<br />

to<br />

Developing Countries?<br />

Dr I. Chukwudozie Ezigbalike<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Surveyingand Land Information<br />

<strong>University</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> Melbourne<br />

Dr George L. Benwelll<br />

Spatial Information <strong>Research</strong> Centre<br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Otago</strong><br />

December 1993<br />

Abstract<br />

This paper argues that the introduction <strong>of</strong> western cadastral concepts<br />

into communities with different land tenure systems<br />

have involved<br />

c u l t u r a l c o s t s . The paper discusses these cultural costs and<br />

concludes that cadastral reformers need to<br />

re-design their product<br />

the communities.<br />

to fit<br />

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Address correspondence to: Dr G.L. Benwell, Director, Spatial Information <strong>Research</strong> Centre, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Otago</strong>, P.(). Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand. Fax: +64 3 479 8311 Email: gbenwell@commerce.otago.ac.nz<br />

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