Governance of Large-Scale Land Regularization Programs: An Integrated Framework between Engineering, Urban Planning, and Stakeholder Management
Governance of Large-Scale Land Regularization Programs: An Integrated Framework between Engineering, Urban Planning, and Stakeholder Management
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https://doi.org/10.51473/rcmos.v1i1.2026.2070Keywords:
land regularization, governance, PMOAbstract
Large-scale land regularization programs often fail less due to technical limitations and more due to fragmentation across engineering/infrastructure, urban planning, and stakeholder management. This fragmentation drives inconsistent data, rework, late decisions on risk and environmental constraints, disputes with utilities, and unstable land-registration interfaces, increasing cost, lead time, and litigation. This paper proposes an end-to-end “field-to-registry” operational governance framework built on six integrated pillars: decision architecture, program PMO, traceable data governance, contract/supervision with acceptance criteria, technical–urban–environmental compliance, and stakeholder/conflict protocols. Auditable mechanisms include quality gates, version control and chain of custody, decision logs, and active risk management, supported by a nonconformity protocol (identify, record, decide, correct, validate). The paper outlines verifiable performance metrics (cycle time, rework, first-pass yield, backlog, compliance) and a 90-day implementation roadmap for scaling.
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