Abstract
The article presents the empirical findings on the georeferenced digital database for sustainable land use management of the Hardap region, Namibia. The research signifies the continuous value of geographical data management for land use planning and management in Namibia. The research applied a combination of approaches that include literature review, Geographical Information System (GIS), delineation of the imagery, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and cartographic mapping. Both positive and negative impacts of the georeferenced digital database for sustainable land use management were explored. The research findings, among others, include the concepts, explanations, procedures and the value of the georeferenced digital database towards sustainable land use management. The research further provides important results such as existing organisational structures for spatial data management, elaborated procedures and steps for creating a georeferenced digital database for proper management of the GIS data in Namibia. Key recommendations include proper managed organisational structures for spatial data management, implementation of the elaborated procedures and steps for creating a georeferenced digital database for sustainable land use planning in Namibia.
Highlights
The main purpose of this paper is to share the concepts, explanations and procedures about the established georeferenced digital database that can be used as a model for sustainable land use planning in the Hardap region or any regional council
Geopublisher software was used for compiling the georeferenced digital database for storing and managing of raster and vector data, which was customized to meet the requirements of the research objectives
Like a Geographical Information System (GIS) allows setting up a GIS application, a database management system (DBMS) offers generic functionality for database organization and data handling (De By et al, [10])
Summary
The main purpose of this paper is to share the concepts, explanations and procedures about the established georeferenced digital database that can be used as a model for sustainable land use planning in the Hardap region or any regional council. The processes of compiling the georeferenced digital database were considered. This resulted in exploring the challenges and benefits associated with the georeferenced digital database in Namibia. After Namibia’s independence in 1990, the Hardap region was divided into six political constituencies: Gibeon, Mariental Rural, Mariental Urban, Rehoboth Rural, Rehoboth Urban East and Rehoboth Urban West (Government of Namibia [1]). This study was done in the six original Hardap political constituencies. This is because the practical components (participatory mapping, participatory rural appraisal and focus group discussions) of the study were already done before the re-demarcation was implemented and there is still lack of data in the two new constituencies
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