ABSTRACT
Banjiram is one of the communities resettled in the year 1980 to make room for the
construction of Kiri dam to supply the Savannah Sugar Company with water for Irrigation.
As part of the resettlement program, the Federal Government then, cleared and surveyed an
alternative location (now New Banjiram). A cadastral survey was carried out and plots were
physically delineated on the ground with beacons at the corners of each plot. Land right were
orally transmitted and the evidence of such land rights has been based on the knowledge of
community elders and village chiefs. With increasing population and consequent competition
for land, there has been prevailing tenure insecurity with its associated conflicts and
litigations over land ownership. One of the most important documents: paper-based cadastral
layout of the area containing delineated parcels has been lying the cabinet of the Adamawa
state Ministry of Lands and Survey in a decaying state. This research is aimed at carrying out
a cadastral mapping of Banjirm using Remote Sensing and GIS with a view to developing
digital cadastral Information System which has the ability to integrate the map and the record
of ownership and use. Major findings of this research include: (i)
there were 1278 parcel with 1166 owner; (ii) about 1086 (84.977%) parcels were allocated
while192 (15.023%) parcels were not allocated; (iii) there were 865 (67.762%) parcels that
were developed while 413 (32.238%) parcels were not developed; (iv) out of the 1278
parcels: 758 (31.91%) were found to be used for residential purpose; 32 (20.016%) for
institutional purpose; 11 (2.431) for commercial purpose; 158 (14.2%) for agricultural
purpose and 301 (31.408%) for mixed uses.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Declaration
Certification
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Table of content
List of Figures
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
1.3 Statement of the Research Problem
1.5 Aim and Objectives of the Study
1.7 Scope of the Study
1.9 Limitations
1.10
1.11 Justification and Significance of the Study
CHAPTER TWO: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Concept of Land and Land Registration
2.2.1 Land
2.2.2 Land Registration
2.2.3 Adjudication
2.2.4 The concept of Cadastre
2.2.4.1 Textual and graphical component of a cadastre
2.2.5 Land Recording
2.6 Land Tenure
2.7 Cadastral Mapping and Land Right
2.8 Land administration and cadastre in Nigeria
2.8.1 Land Right Management in Nigeria
2.8.2 Cadastral mapping and land registration in Nigeria
2.8.3 Cadastral mapping and land registration in Adamawa state
2.8.4 Reforms in land registration and cadastral mapping in Nigeria
2.9.5 The National Cadastral Mapping Programme
2.9 Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing
2.9.1 Components of GIS
2.9.1.1 People
2.9.1.2 Data
2.9.1.3 Hardware
2.9.1.4 GIS software
2.9.1.5 Procedures/Methods
2.10 Geodatabase/Geo-Spatial Database
2.11 Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing in Cadastral Mapping
2.12 Method Cadastral Mapping using GIS
2.12.1 Preparation of Cadastral Base Map
2.12.1.1 Manual Digitizing from Analogue Maps
2.12.1.2 Scanning
2.12.1.3 Automatic Vectorization
2.12.1.4 Heads-up Digitizing
2.12.1.5 Coordinate Geometry (COGO)
2.12.1.6 Positioning Property Corners with GPS
2.3 Literature Review
CHAPTER THREE: THE STUDY AREA AND METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Study Area
3.2.1 Location
3.2.2 Historical Overview
3.2.
