Langezijds

prof.mr.dr.ir. J.A. Zevenbergen (Jaap)

Full Professor
ITC-SCI-PLAN
Langezijds 1437
j.a.zevenbergen@utwente.nl
+31534874351
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Expertise

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Land
    • Management

  • Computer Science

    • Contexts
    • System Administration

  • Social Sciences

    • Governance
    • Land Tenure
    • Africa
    • Approach

Organisations

Ancillary activities

  • NWO DANSLid Wetenschappelijke Adviesraad DANS
  • WaarderingskamerOnafhankelijk Lid van de Waarderingskamer
  • Land Portal foundationmember of the board (treasurer)
  • Foundation for economic area development in Chadchairman board of trustees
  • ElsevierAssociate editor of journal Land Use Policy (LUP)
  • NCG - Ned. Centrum voor Geodesie en Geoinformaticavice-voorzitter NCG

Publications

2025

Competing frames and policy change: Greece’s land administration reform from the mid-1990s to the economic crisis (2009–2018) (2025)Land use policy, 158. Article 107733. Balla, E., Zevenbergen, J. A. & Madureira, A. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107733Modernization of real estate registration in Brazil in light of the LADM: Advances and challenges for spatial land governance (2025)[Contribution to conference › Paper] FIG Joint Land Administration Conference . Maragno, A., Henrique de Oliveira, F., Furlan de Oliveira, R. & Zevenbergen, J. A.https://ojs.sites.ufsc.br/index.php/fig/article/view/8816/7368Dynamics of social tenure to land: Perspectives of equal benefits and moral responsibility from rural India (2025)Journal of Land and Rural Studies (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Ghawana, T. & Zevenbergen, J. A.https://doi.org/10.1177/23210249251381081Land tenure and land use dynamics in the context of pastoral and non-pastoral land use coexistence in Mvomero district, Tanzania (2025)Applied geography, 186. Article 103827 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Tarimo, W. M., Chipofya, M. & Zevenbergen, J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103827Towards a framework for land conflicts management in Oyo State, Nigeria (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Shiyanbola, R. E.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036568500The reform of the Hellenic Cadastre under financial duress and external pressure in the period 2009 – 2018 (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Balla, E.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036566070Capitalizing on digital transformation to enhance the effectiveness of property institutions (2025)[Working paper › Working paper]. World Bank. Deininger, K., Hilhorst, T., Zevenbergen, J. A. & Nkurunziza, E.https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/0f9ae8f6-68a6-4e4d-b61a-7ea90e6acfd0Beyond the loss of lives and properties: Uncovering the impacts of land conflict in Oyo State, Nigeria (2025)In FIG Working Week 2025: Collaboration, Innovation and Resilience: Championing a Digital Generation (pp. 1-21). International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). Shiyanbola, R. E., Todorovski, D. & Zevenbergen, J. A.https://fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2025/techprog.htmLADM in the Classroom (2025)[Book/Report › Book]. International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). Lemmen, C. H. J., Chipofya, M. C., Da Silva Mano, A., Kara, A., Ushiña Huera, D., van Oosterom, P. J. M., Kalogianni, E., Morscher-Unger, E.-M., Morales Guarin, J. M., Beck, A., Honer, S., Bennett, R. M., Dijkstra, P. & Zevenbergen, J. A.https://www.fig.net/resources/publications/figpub/LADM_extended/ladmpub_ext.aspLand Reforms Revisited: An Emerging Perspective on the Hellenic Land Administration Reform as a Wicked Policy Problem (2025)Land, 14(2), 1-22. Article 282. Balla, E., Madureira, A. M. & Zevenbergen, J. A.https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020282

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Courses academic year 2025/2026

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

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