Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Toolbox

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LUPMIS - GIS User Manual for Land Use Planning

Year of publication 2008
Since 2008, a spatial planning concept has been developed, defined and established at the Town and Country Planning Department (TCPD) of the Government of Ghana (2012 to be legalized), under the umbrella of the Land Administration Project. TCPD is the sole governmental agency for spatial planning at all levels (national, regional, district). Spatial planning is understood as space-related (location-referenced, map-based, including a strong GIS component). Other agencies are in charge of economic, policy and development planning. This GIS User Manual is addressed to users, both land use planners and GIS staff to perform all tasks of land use planning, as far as it can be performed with GIS. Being a draft, it will be updated frequently. The official document resides on the lt Land Administration Project's websiteAs a training manual, it is based on needs for land use planning in Ghana and on experiences of many months training of future GIS staff and land use planners. LUPMIS-GIS runs with the GIS software Map Maker. All aspects of technology transfer, i.e. control of the system by in-house human resources, are assured. Capacity building is seen as the key to development, including - and here in particular - in the field of ICT.
Type of Tool
Guidelines, manual, kits for trainers, Website
Scale of Application
Global
Region
Global
Biome
All
Forest Type
All forest types (natural and planted)
Primary Designated Function
All
Management Responsibility
All