The design of a re-engineering framework for land information management in Jamaica: A response to contemporary land-related objective

Jamaica is the third largest island in the Caribbean basin with an area of approximately 4411 square miles (2.7 million acres) supporting a population currently estimated at approximately 2.4 million (expected to reach 3 million by the year 2000). This, along with industrial and commercial expansion, has resulted in an intense competition for land, urban sprawl, urban blight, crime, scattered development, inefficient use of space, and the inadequate provision of housing and community (Government of Jamaica, 1994b).;The need for the implementation of land related policies to solve these problems is evident. Timely, up-to-date, accurate, complete and comprehensive land information is needed to support these policies. To obtain this information, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) depends on its departments and agencies that manage land information. Over the years, however, GOJ has periodically experienced great difficulty in obtaining the information it needs from these organizations.;This thesis is designed to give GOJ a framework within which to achieve its LIM objectives: the design of a model to re-engineer LIM in Jamaica. The model is based on the concept that GOJ's land information system (LIS), which is comprised of the human and technical resources, and the organizing procedures of all its LIM organizations, must be made efficient in order for GOJ to achieve its stated LIM objectives. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).