FIG Commission 8 - Spatial planning and development

 

"Land is a scarce resource. In pursue of a sustainable development, it is key to balance the various, sometimes conflicting, interests in spatial planning and to acknowledge the voice of all stakeholders. Themes that will be addressed are urban challenges, urban-rural dependencies, and GIS and land policy tools for implementation."


What we do

For the term 2019-2022 FIG Commission 8 will be working on:

For the full work plan, please visit Work Plan 2019-2022
(Original work plan .pdf-format )

 

Learn more about how Commission 8 is working with the SDG's

New FIG Publication on Water Governance Challenges in Africa

June 2021,

"Good Practice for Resilience Planning to address Water Governance Challenges in Africa" is prepared by FIG Commission 8 - Spatial Planning and Development; Working Group 8.5 on African Water Governance and is no 77 in the series of FIG Publications.  Read more

Publication 77: Good Practice for Resilience Planning to address Water Governance Challenges in Africa (pdf)

Commission 3 + 8 workshop, 13-14 December in Greece

December 2022

Please, join us an take part in the joint Workshop on the theme:
"Spatial Information and planning in a world facing multiple crises -  a surveyors' perspective"

Commission 8 at FIG Working Week 2021

August 2021

The Working Week took place online, 20-25 June 2021. Commission 8 held its annual meeting with outset in their prepared Report and Agenda. Commission 8 was also involved in sessions covering Commission 8 areas within the theme of Smart Surveyors for Land and Water Management. To read more click here.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Commission 3 + 8 workshop
13-14 December, Athens, Greece

FIG Working Week 2023

28 June-1 July 2023 in Orlando, USA

www.fig.net/fig2023

 

February 2023

Joint Workshop Commissions 3 + 8 Athens, Proceedings and Report

December 2022

FIG Commission 8 Newsletter

October 2022

Commission 3 + 8 workshop, 13-14 December in Greece

 
 

More News from FIG Commission 8

 
 

Publications

 

Work Plans

   

Proceedings

 

Working Groups

 

Key Documents

Events


Meet the officers

Commission Chair

Mr. Kwabena Asiama, Ghana
Contact: FIGCommission8 [at] fig.net

Working Group Chairs:

Rural – urban dependency (WG 8.1)
Rosy Liao Rong, China, People’s Republic of

GIS tools for spatial planning (WG 8.2)
Enrico Rispoli, Italy

Urban Challenges (WG 8.3)
Erwin van der Krabben, the Netherlands

Land policy instruments for spatial development (WG 8.4)
Dr. Morten Hartvigsen, Hungary

African Water Governance (WG 8.5)
Richard Pagett, Serbia

List of all officers

 

Delegates and Correspondents:

Each member association has the right to nominate a delegate to each of the ten technical commissions. In addition Affiliates, Academic Members and Corporate Members  are welcome to nominate a correspondent to each commission.

Interested? If you are interested to become a national delegate from your country, please contact your member association. The contact information of national delegates is updates by the FIG office. Any changes in contact information should be sent to the FIG Office.


Achievements

       
 
       
 

Terms

Term 2019-2022
Term 2015-2018
Term 2011-2014
Term 2007-2010
Term 2003-2006

Working Groups

Term 2019-2022 

WG 8.1: Rural – urban dependency
WG 8.2: GIS tools for spatial planning
WG 8.3: Urban Challenges
WG 8.4: Land policy instruments for spatial development
WG 8.5: African Water Governance

All working groups

 

Tas Force

FIG Africa Taskforce

Newsletters

August 2020
November 2019
August 2019
June 2019

FIG Publications

 

FIG Proceedings

List of FIG Conference Proceedings
FIG Surveyors Reference Library

Events

All events

Reports to General Assembly

Report, May 2020
Report, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2019
Report, Istanbul, Turkey, 2018
Report, Helsinki, Finland, 2017

All reports