Jan.turkstra@unhabitat.org. Location of Hargeisa

jan.turkstra@unhabitat.org

Location of Hargeisa

Civil War Effects

Bullet-ridden derelict buildings Internal Displaced Persons

Information:How to create? How to use?

EUROPEAN

COMMISSION

Spatial Information for Property Taxation

Use of Geographical Information Systems and Satellite Images

1000 GIS Cities Programme (ESRI – UN-HABITAT)

The rich are also living in poorly serviced neighbor-hoods but are capable of paying taxes

Spatial Data

Attribute Data

Information(GIS)

Hargeisa Quickbird Satellite Image

Property Digitization

Footprint of the buildingSpatial accuracy moderate to lowAll attribute data, including building size collected in the fieldMap for orientation and verification only

PDA Screen

Type of Properties

Informal (semi-permanent) Informal (Temporary)

Formal Formal

Property Attribute Data

Linking Photograph with each Property

Verification of Property Information

Districts of

Hargeisa

26th June, Gol-jano B

Neighborhood Gol-Jano B divided into 14 Sub-Neighborhoods

Property Coding System

Example• District 26 June• Sub-district Gol-Jano• Neighborhood (BTJ) Gol-Jano

B• Sub-neighborhood nr 10• Property Number nr 029

Generation of thematic maps, e.g. land use for all the 59,000 buildings

District Taxable Properties

Total Tax 2006 ($)

26 June 12,530 $ 98,612

Kood Buur 9,110 $110,369

Ga’an Libaah 11,789 $ 95,898

Mohamoud Haybe 8,535 $ 63,986

Ahmed Dhegeh 8,918 $ 65,595

Total 50,882 $ 434,460

Information for a better Hargeisa