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Papers by Walter Timo de Vries

Research paper thumbnail of Smart city and sustainability indicators: a bibliometric literature review

Discover sustainability, Jul 8, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Unity and diversity : an analysis of inter - governmental cooperation in the field of geoICT

Research paper thumbnail of Furthering Sustainable and Smart Spatial Planning in Africa

CRC Press eBooks, Mar 15, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of CITES enforcement information sharing—<i>if you don’t know where you’ve come from … you don’t know where you’re going</i>

Journal of international wildlife law & policy, Mar 21, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of The ADLAND Model: Transformative Experiences and Lessons in Human Capital Development in Land Governance in Africa

Research paper thumbnail of The inter - organisational dependencies of local and national land information infrastructures - case study of Bekasi, Indonesia

Research paper thumbnail of EuroSDR - project : INSPIRE atlas of implementation methods : workshop introduction : powerpoint

Research paper thumbnail of Atlas of INSPIRE implementation methods: EuroSDR - project : final report : also as open access e-book

Research paper thumbnail of Atlas of INSPIRE : survey results : powerpoint

Research paper thumbnail of Economic capacity and implications of Geo - ICT

Research paper thumbnail of Making sense of local spatial data infrastructure in volcanic disaster risk management : a case study at Sleman regency, Indonesia

Abstract The Sleman local government conducts a risk management program for the Merapi Volcano to... more Abstract The Sleman local government conducts a risk management program for the Merapi Volcano to minimize damages and casualties in case of an eruption. This program uses spatial data technologies to enhance decision making and enable coordination of the risk ...

Research paper thumbnail of Quality management for DTM production : abstract

Research paper thumbnail of Münchner Tage für Nachhaltiges Landmanagement

Research paper thumbnail of Atlas of INSPIRE implementation - an inventory of experiences, successes and headaches of national mapping agencies

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating the effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment process in Mongolia for nomadic-pastoral land users

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 2019

ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of Mongolia’s EIA p... more ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of Mongolia’s EIA processes for nomadic-pastoral land use(rs) (NPLU(rs)). NPLU(rs) are often overlooked in many spatial policies, so the justification for this study is to improve the EIA processes regarding impacts on NPLU. This is the first study to examine EIA effectiveness for NPLA(s) specifically. It employs a Likert survey of 50 respondents based on the framework of Hanna and Noble (2015). The results of this study indicate that there is indeed an immense gap between how EIA should be carried out and its implementation processes in practice. We find that although the EIA framework has good ambitions and is relying on a sound legislative and institutional set-up in Mongolia, it lacks stakeholder confidence, participation and the effectiveness in mitigating both social and environmental impacts associated with NPLU failing to ensure substantive gains to pastureland resources. Improvements are especially required in EIA practice, impact prediction methods suitable for dynamic land use, capacity building, transparency, EIA integration into spatial planning, and stakeholder engagement.

Research paper thumbnail of The New Inspirations

Advances in Responsible Land Administration, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Environmental Protection via Land Administration

Advances in Responsible Land Administration, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Where are information and communication technologies for development situated

Research paper thumbnail of Experimenting geoinformation prices : powerpoint

Geographic Information Science, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Developing a methodology for capacity development assessment to implement land policy

Developing a Methodology for Capacity Development Assessment to Implement Land Policy (7655) Walt... more Developing a Methodology for Capacity Development Assessment to Implement Land Policy (7655) Walter Timo de Vries and Liza Groenendijk (Netherlands) FIG Working Week 2015 From the Wisdom of the Ages to the Challenges of the Modern World

Research paper thumbnail of Smart city and sustainability indicators: a bibliometric literature review

Discover sustainability, Jul 8, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Unity and diversity : an analysis of inter - governmental cooperation in the field of geoICT

Research paper thumbnail of Furthering Sustainable and Smart Spatial Planning in Africa

CRC Press eBooks, Mar 15, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of CITES enforcement information sharing—<i>if you don’t know where you’ve come from … you don’t know where you’re going</i>

Journal of international wildlife law & policy, Mar 21, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of The ADLAND Model: Transformative Experiences and Lessons in Human Capital Development in Land Governance in Africa

Research paper thumbnail of The inter - organisational dependencies of local and national land information infrastructures - case study of Bekasi, Indonesia

Research paper thumbnail of EuroSDR - project : INSPIRE atlas of implementation methods : workshop introduction : powerpoint

Research paper thumbnail of Atlas of INSPIRE implementation methods: EuroSDR - project : final report : also as open access e-book

Research paper thumbnail of Atlas of INSPIRE : survey results : powerpoint

Research paper thumbnail of Economic capacity and implications of Geo - ICT

Research paper thumbnail of Making sense of local spatial data infrastructure in volcanic disaster risk management : a case study at Sleman regency, Indonesia

Abstract The Sleman local government conducts a risk management program for the Merapi Volcano to... more Abstract The Sleman local government conducts a risk management program for the Merapi Volcano to minimize damages and casualties in case of an eruption. This program uses spatial data technologies to enhance decision making and enable coordination of the risk ...

Research paper thumbnail of Quality management for DTM production : abstract

Research paper thumbnail of Münchner Tage für Nachhaltiges Landmanagement

Research paper thumbnail of Atlas of INSPIRE implementation - an inventory of experiences, successes and headaches of national mapping agencies

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluating the effectiveness of the environmental impact assessment process in Mongolia for nomadic-pastoral land users

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 2019

ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of Mongolia’s EIA p... more ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of Mongolia’s EIA processes for nomadic-pastoral land use(rs) (NPLU(rs)). NPLU(rs) are often overlooked in many spatial policies, so the justification for this study is to improve the EIA processes regarding impacts on NPLU. This is the first study to examine EIA effectiveness for NPLA(s) specifically. It employs a Likert survey of 50 respondents based on the framework of Hanna and Noble (2015). The results of this study indicate that there is indeed an immense gap between how EIA should be carried out and its implementation processes in practice. We find that although the EIA framework has good ambitions and is relying on a sound legislative and institutional set-up in Mongolia, it lacks stakeholder confidence, participation and the effectiveness in mitigating both social and environmental impacts associated with NPLU failing to ensure substantive gains to pastureland resources. Improvements are especially required in EIA practice, impact prediction methods suitable for dynamic land use, capacity building, transparency, EIA integration into spatial planning, and stakeholder engagement.

Research paper thumbnail of The New Inspirations

Advances in Responsible Land Administration, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Environmental Protection via Land Administration

Advances in Responsible Land Administration, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Where are information and communication technologies for development situated

Research paper thumbnail of Experimenting geoinformation prices : powerpoint

Geographic Information Science, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of Developing a methodology for capacity development assessment to implement land policy

Developing a Methodology for Capacity Development Assessment to Implement Land Policy (7655) Walt... more Developing a Methodology for Capacity Development Assessment to Implement Land Policy (7655) Walter Timo de Vries and Liza Groenendijk (Netherlands) FIG Working Week 2015 From the Wisdom of the Ages to the Challenges of the Modern World

Research paper thumbnail of The discretionary space of geoICT professionals in public sector cooperation programs

Information and Communication Technologies in Public Administration, 2015

Innovations in inter-organizational E-government projects in the public sector (G2G’s) tend to be... more Innovations in inter-organizational E-government projects in the public sector (G2G’s) tend to be shaped by discretionary decisions of ICT professionals. Public sector managers which are insufficiently knowledgeable about the implications of such discretions can therefore not fully control the innovation. As a result, they risk being confronted with unintended results. To fully understand this quandary, there is a need to investigate the type, variation and reasons of such professional discretions. This chapter conceptualises discretions as adverse reactions to coordination requirements. The context in which the staff works further determines when why and how discretions emerge. Combining coordination requirements and context leads to a taxonomy of six discretions types. These are empirically evaluated in 4 G2G case studies in the Netherlands which rely on a specific ICT, namely geoICT. Such ‘geoG2G’ projects are considered particularly prone to discretions, as the professional field of geoICT is so specific that the potential for uncontrollable professional discretions is even larger than average. Empirically these discretions are visible through a set of indicators for each discretion type. The observed variation in the cases suggest that discretions in this field emerge as a result of a perceived complex environment, which exhibits both the need for staff members to simplify one own tasks and to closely adhere to the needs of external clients. These findings justify the need for a better understanding of discretions in order to decrease the dependency on these in ICT projects in the future, so that managing these projects effectively improves.

Research paper thumbnail of Land Governance Re-Arrangements: The One-Country One-System (OCOS) Versus One-Country Two-System (OCTS) Approach

This paper evaluates how land governance is rearranged in a state restructuring process. We compa... more This paper evaluates how land governance is rearranged in a state restructuring process. We compare the cases of the (re-)unification of China with Hong Kong with that of West and East Germany. The division and (re-)unification of these states mark different land governance rearrangements. The China-Hong Kong (re-)unification relied on a one-country two-system (OCTS) approach, while in West and East Germany, (re-)unification resulted in the creation of a one-country one-system (OCOS). Our key interest is to identify similarities and differences in both cases and the implications of the differences. To support the analysis, we view land governance and (re-)unification from theoretical to practical lenses-structuration theory and the government tools-based approach. This supports the construction of a conceptual and analytical framework, with which we conduct an in-depth exploration to evaluate land governance rearrangements. We find that the conceptual and analytical framework proves effective for countries, with entirely different land governance regimes, to decide whether to merge or adapt. We do not conclude which approaches for (re-)unification are appropriate to land governance rearrangements since all countries have different historical contexts and institutional arrangements. Instead, we recommend that governments consider adaptive land governance in signification structures and focus on hierarchical enforcement in legitimation structures. While multi-level land governance in the domination structure phase is strongly required, issue-and-project-based land governance has a pivotal role in providing cross-boundary infrastructures. Nevertheless, further empirical analysis is recommended to verify how and where the rearrangement processes are initiated and structured.