INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE LAND ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

Both of the subjects, land administration as well as land management are inter- and transdisciplinary professional activities, using knowledge from several disciplines. In this paper some principles and criteria for Sustainable Land Administration and Management will be emphasized in the context of the concerns for assuring the sustainability on a regional level. Sustainability can be achieved only by considering a proper management and administration of resources. This means that actually farmers and local decision makers have to be encouraged in recognizing the advantages of good land use planning and decisions, but also to be held responsible for inappropriate land uses, that can compromise the sustainable development of our human society. The already known principles and criteria for Land Administration and Management have to be mentioned with the wish of assuring the sustainability on a regional level, giving emphasis to the proper management and administration of resources. In this regard there is a need to realize an appropriate land use planning, that encourages the idea to support farmers and local decision makers to discover and to apply methods for assuring a sustainable land management on a regional level. Conclusions will be drawn regarding existing possibilities for assuring a sustainable land administration and management.