FIG Commission 3 had a Conference in Valencia

FIG Commission3 Workshop was held between 18-21 February 2008, in Valencia, Spain
Supported by UN/ECE, ISPRS, FIG Com 2, EARSeL, INSPIRE, EuroSDR, the event was devoted to
Spatial Information Management Toward Environmental Management of Mega Cities
The technical program was as follows:
Technical Session 1: SIM and Urban Development
Chair: Dr Chryssy Potsiou, Rapporteur: Makis Apostolatos
Opening of the Workshop, welcome addresses by Prof Pedro J Cavero Abad and Mr Jeronimo Miron
TS 1.1 Jeronimo Miron
“Cadastre and Monitoring of Informal Settlements”
TS 1.2 Rupert Kugler
“Validation of the illegal acquisitions of land and the illegal construction of buildings”
TS 1.3 Prof Michael Barry, Florian Bruyas
“Land Administration Strategy Formulation in Post Conflict Situations: The case of Hargeisa, Somaliland”
TS 1.4 Wafula Nabutola
“Good Governance Policies and a Could-be Substantial Private Sector Contribution in Nairobi City Management”
TS 1.5 Tor Valstad
“3D Cadastre for Mega Cities”
TS 1.6 Garib Mammadov, Divankhan Ahadov
“Land Cadastre of Azerbaijan”
Technical Session 2: City Management –Case Studies
Chair: Jeronimo Miron, Rapporteur: Tor Valstad
TS 2.1 Vincent de Paul Obade
“Remote Sensing Based Approach for Monitoring Urban Growth in Mexico City: A Case Study”
TS 2.2 Dr Efi Dimopoulou, Tassos Lambropoulos, Maria Perissinaki, Prof Panagiotis Zentelis
“Urban Regeneration: A Tool for Good Land Administration, A case Study in Crete”
TS 2.3 Ozlem Sevik , Prof Zuhal Akyurek
“Application of Sleuth Model in Antalaya”
TS 2.4 Akrivi Leka, Lisa Siola, Prof Agelos Siolas, Efthimios Bakoyiannis
“The Methodology of Modelling Criteria for the Definition of Green Networks and Enhancements of Areas in the West Part of Athens”
TS 2.5 Dionysia Perperidou, Eleni Tziortzioti
“Towards Regeneration Methodology for Downgraded Large Scale Urban Areas. Athens Metropolitan Area Case Study”
TS 2.6 Khaled J. El Qutob, Faisal A. Al Suwaidi
“Abu Dhabi Present and Future Challenges”
TS 2.7 Rizqi Abdulharis, Prof K. Sarah, Prof S. Hendriatiningsih, A. Hernandi, and Prof J. Zevenbergen
“The Customary Land Tenure toward the Sustainable City Development: The Case Study of Yogyakarta, Indonesia”
Plenary Session I
Moderator: Prof Pedro J. Cavero Abad
PS 1.1 Jesus S. Miranda de Hita, Director General del Catastro
“The Spanish Cadastre and the Electronic Administration”
PS 1.2 Prof Ian Williamson, Melbourne University
“Using Cadastre to Support Sustainable Development”
PS 1.3 Prof Stig Enemark, Aalborg University, President of FIG
“Underpinning Land Management- A Major Challenge for the Global Surveying Profession”
Technical Session 3: SDI for Management of Mega Cities / Urban Areas
Chair: Prof Yerach Doytsher, Rapporteur: Prof Hartmut Mueller
TS 3.1 Michael Gould
“The INSPIRE initiative and its Implications”
TS 3.2 Dr Winfried Hawerk
“Geo-Services in Hamburg”
TS 3.3 Prof Hartmut Mueller, Mirko Siebold
“A Good Practice Example of a German Regional SDI as a Component of the Future INSPIRE Framework”
TS 3.4 Lars Broms, Jan Hallebro
“Management of SDI in Sweden- Stakeholder Cooperation and Administration”
TS 3.5 Frank Friesecke, Prof Dr Theo Koetter
“Management and Monitoring of Mega Cities”
TS 3.6 Maik Netzband, Ellen Banzhaf, Lela Prashed
“Social Science Applications on Urban Remote Sensing Data –
New Developments of two Internationally Acting Projects”
Technical Session 4: SIM and Spatial Planning
Chair: Prof Michael Barry, Rapporteur: Pekka Halme
TS 4.1 Kevin Mooney
“EuroSDR’s research activities in urban spatial data collection, management and delivery”
TS 4.2 Dr Chryssy A Potsiou, Caterina Dimitriadi
“Legal Integration and Environment Upgrading of Unplanned Development”
TS 4.3 Adriana Padureanu
“Cadastral Plan used as a basis for Spatial Planning”
TS 4.4 Prof Dr Cetin Comert, H. Akinci, N. Sahin, O. Bahar
“Spatial Data Infrastructures and Environmental Decision Making”
TS 4.5 Pierrette Fraisse
“From the Historical Treaty to INSPIRE'S Interoperability”
TS 4.6 Prof Dr Ghulam Murtaza
“SIM towards Planning and Environmental Management of Dhaka city, Bangladesh – The Context of Social and Policy Issues”
Technical Session 5: SIM in Risk Management and Cultural Heritage Aspects Related to Urban Areas
Chair: Sergei Savrov, Rapporteur: Winfried Hawerk
TS 5.1 Dr Ana Maria Cruz, Elisabeth Krausmann
“Results of the 2008 Natech Workshop: Assessing and Managing Natech Risks”
TS 5.2 Kari Strande
“eNorway and Norway Digital as Tools in Good Governance, Risk and Environment Management”
TS 5.3 Pekka Halme
“Exploiting the Land Information System for the Benefit of the Environment"
TS 5.4 Rik Wouters
“The Role of Cadastre Data in Land and Environmental Management in the Netherlands”
TS 5.5 Ageliki Koumna
“The quarter of the Yard of Miracles at Athens through passive Solar Architecture”
TS 5.6 Vladimir Tikhonov
“The Russian Cadastre Developments”
Plenary Session II
Moderator: Manuel Chueca Pazos
PS 2.1 Alberto Sereno, Director General del Instituto Geografico Nacional
“The Spanish Cartography as public policy”
PS 2.2 Prof Ian Dowman, University College London, President ISPRS
“The Application of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing for the Benefit of Society”
PS 2.3 Prof Agustin Pichel, UPM
“Cartography in the Paintings of the Humanism Century”
Technical Session 6: Environmental Monitoring
Chair: Prof Babis Ioannidis, Rapporteur: Prof Bernd Teichert
TS 6.1 Prof Ralf Schroth, Iwona Maciejewska
“Disaster Response in Maritime Zones of Harbour Cities by Robotic Systems”
TS 6.2 Prof Christiana Mitsakaki, Amanda Laoupi
“Assessment of Appropriate Monitoring Methods for the Mitigation of Natural Hazards’ Impact on Tourist Cultural Sites”
TS 6.3 Sagi Dalyot, E. Keinan, Prof Yerach Doytsher
“Landslides Morphology Analysis Model Based on LiDAR and Spatial Topographic datasets Comparison”
TS 6.4 Shuib Rambat, John Elgy
“Low Accuracy Devices as Added Instruments for Precision Agriculture Mapping”
TS 6.5 Prof Zhanlu Zhang, Lanfeng Liang
“Study on the Relationship between the Growth of Economy and Quantitative Structure of Land Use - Contrastive Analysis among Eastern, Middle and Western Regions of China”
TS 6.6 Dr Alireza Gharagozlou
“Environmental Planning for Disaster Management by Using GIS (A Case Study about flood in Mazandaran)”
Technical Session 7: Technical Aspects for Urban Management
Chair: Prof Steve Frank, Rapporteur: Prof Christiana Mitsakaki
TS 7.1 Prof Ian Dowman
“3D City Models”
TS 7.2 Sagi Filin, Prof Yerach Doytsher
“From 2D to 3D Land Parcelization: Fusion of LIDAR data and Cadastral Maps”
TS 7.3 Christos Psaltis, Prof Babis Ioannidis
“A Simple Strategy for Cost-effective and Robust Informal Building Monitoring”
TS 7.4 Prof Dr Bernd Teichert
“Importance and Practical Results of Image Fusion Methods”
TS 7.5 Omar Soubra
“New Perspective on Spatial Imaging-providing easy and efficient understanding of a situation, a project or a disaster – Trends of surveying technologies”
TS 7.6 Abdel-Rahman Muhsen, Prof Michael Barry
“Technical Challenges in Developing Flexible Land Records Software”
FIG Commission 3 annual meeting
Plenary session III
Moderator: Fransisco Garcia Garcia
PS 3.1 Juan Antonio Altes Marti, Head of Department of Urban Planning in the Valencia City Hall
“The Urban Cartography in the Valencia City Hall”
PS 3.2 Christina von Schweininchen, Deputy Director UNECE Environment, Housing and Land Management Division
“The UNECE Environment, Housing and Land Management Division’s Activities”
PS 3.3 Peter Creuzer, UNECE Working Party on Land Administration
“The UNECE WPLA Activities”
PS 3.4 Dr Chryssy A Potsiou, National Technical University of Athens, FIG Commission 3 chair
“Unplanned Development in the European Region”
Technical Session 8: Educational issues related to Urban Areas Management
Chair: Kari Strande, Rapporteur: Prof Ralf Schroth
TS 8.1 Prof Stig Enemark, Aalborg University, President of FIG
“Promoting the Interaction between Education, Research, and Professional Practice”
TS 8.2 Prof Bela Markus
“Professional GIS educational Infrastructure”
TS 8.3 Report on the Workshop