FIG Commission 9 Seminar on Compulsory Purchase and
Compensation - Helsinki, Finland, 6-8 September 2007
The Seminar on Compulsory Purchase and Compensation in Land
Acquisition and Takings takes place September 6th to 8th 2007, in
Helsinki, Finland. The seminar is organised by FIG Commission 9 in
conjunction to the Baltic Valuation Conference and in co-operation with
FIG Commissions 7 and 8, FAO’s Land Tenure Service, World Bank, Finnish
Association for Real Estate Valuation, Finnish Association of Surveyors,
Ministry of Agriculture and Forest in Finland, National Land Survey in
Finland, Nordic Journal of Surveying and Real Estate Research and
Helsinki University of Technology/Department of Surveying.
The major goal is to intensify the discussion between valuers,
surveyors, real estate experts, financiers, urban planners, researchers,
teachers and decision makers and develop common ideas for shaping the
future.
There are two possibilities for submitting a paper and giving a
presentation:
• Case studies, project presentations etc. (non-reviewed-papers)
• Scientific papers (reviewed papers)
Seminar home page:
http://www.tkk.fi/Yksikot/Kiinteisto/FIG/index.htm
FIG Congress in Munich, Germany, 8-13 October 2006
FIG Working Week in Cairo, Egypt, 16-21 April 2005
FIG Working Week in Athens, 22-27 May 2004
 Prof.
Kauko Viitanen from the
Helsinki University of Technology,
Department of Surveying from Finland was appointed by the General Assembly
in Athens as the Chair Elect of Commission 9 for 2004-2006. He will be
the chair of the commission 2006-2010.
Commission 9 participates the 46th Annual Congress of
the International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP), Tianjin,
China P.R., September 2002
In September Simon Adcock, Vice Chair of FIG Commission 9
participated at the 46th Annual Congress of the International Federation
for Housing and Planning (IFHP) in Tianjin in north-west China. Of the
800 plus delegates, approximately 300 were international delegates.
Simon Adcock, on behalf of FIG Commission 9, conducted a workshop
session entitled GIS Application for Strategies in Urban Planning.
This workshop covered GIS Application in both “two” and “three”
dimensional urban planning, computer assistance mapping of data,
analysis of data, quality control and display outcomes. The 3-D section
covered development project analysis and appraisals.
To read more please click for the
report in .pdf-format.
The Appraisal Journal
The Appraisal Journal is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal for real
estate appraisers. Nancy Bannon, the recently appointed Senior Editor of
the journal is offering and encourage FIG valuers and Commission 9
members to submit articles for consideration for publication in The
Appraisal Journal.
The Journal's articles examine issues related to real estate value, taxation,
government regulation, business enterprise valuation, and commercial
transactions, with a special focus on valuation processes and techniques.
The contact information is:
Nancy K. Bannon
Senior Editor
The Appraisal Journal
Appraisal Institute
550 W. Van Buren St., Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60607
T 312-335-4445
F 312-335-4222
nbannon@appraisalinstitute.org
www.appraisalinstitute.org
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