Participatory Land Administration in Indonesia: Quality and Usability Assessment | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
March 2020
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10.3390/land9030079
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© 2020 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article.

This paper presents the results from a quality and usability analysis of participatory land registration (PaLaR) in Indonesia’s rural areas, focusing on data quality, cost, and time. PaLaR was designed as a systematic community-centered land titling project collecting requisite spatial and legal data. PaLaR was piloted in two communities situated in Tanggamus and Grobogan districts in Indonesia. The research compared spatial data accuracy between two approaches, PaLaR and the normal systematic land registration approach (PTSL) with respect to point accuracy and polygon area. Supplementary observations and interviews were undertaken in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the spatial and legal data collection, as well as logical consistency of the data collected by the community committee, using a mobile application. Although the two pilots showed a lower spatial accuracy than the normal method (PTSL), PaLaR better suited local circumstances and still delivered complete spatial and legal data in a more effective means. The accuracy and efficiency of spatial data collection could be improved through the use of more accurate GNSS antennas and a seamless connection to the national land databases. The PaLaR method is dependent on, amongst other aspects, inclusive and flexible community awareness programs, as well as the committed participation of the community and local offices.

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Aditya, Trias
Maria-Unger, Eva
vd Berg, Christelle
Bennett, Rohan
Saers, Paul
Lukman Syahid, Han
Erwan, Doni
Wits, Tjeerd
Widjajanti, Nurrohmat
Budi Santosa, Purnama
Atunggal, Dedi
Hanafi, Imam
Sutejo, Dewi

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