Land cadastral works in the Republic of Kazakhstan: accounting and identification of patterns

Land cadastral accounting in the Republic of Kazakhstan is a strategic direction of state land policy aimed at ensuring rational use, protection, and restoration of land resources, development of the digital economy, and improvement of transparency in property relations.

The purpose is to identify priorities for modernizing the national cadastral system based on the study of international experience, modern technologies, and legal requirements, as well as to determine prospects for introducing innovative mechanisms for land fund management.

Methods - monographic, analytical, and expert methods provided a comprehensive approach to examining land ownership objects, analyzing factors affecting their functionality, and outlining trajectories of digital transformation. A comparative analysis of foreign cadastral models of France, Spain, and Germany was conducted, and the possibilities of adapting their elements in Kazakhstan were shown. Special attention is given to the role of the Unified State Real Estate Cadastre (USREC) as a key component of digital infrastructure in land relations and public administration. The possibilities of applying international standards ISO 19152 Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) and the European initiative Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIE), ensuring spatial data compatibility, unification of cadastral processes, and optimization of geoinformation quality, are presented.

Results — it is noted that effective maintenance of the cadastral register largely depends on the level of digitalization, interagency integration, accuracy of cartographic data, and legal protection.

Conclusions — further improvement of the cadastral structure requires technical modernization, an effective regulatory framework, expansion of digital services, introduction of artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies, improvement of specialist qualifications, and formation of a culture of responsible land use. The practical significance of the study lies in the development of scientifically grounded methodological approaches and recommendations for optimizing the functioning of cadastral accounting in the republic.

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