Inclusive Cadastre: territorial, social and fiscal management tool THE NEW CHALLENGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE URBANIZATION PHENOMENON MAKE IT ESSENTIAL FOR GOVERNMENTS TO KNOW IN DEPTH THE TERRITORY and its population before making any plans for action. Thus, investment in research is extremely important for obtaining quality information necessary to elaborate public policies and make management decisions. In order to gather this necessary information, it is pivotal to apply the Cadastre not only as a territorial, but also as a social and fiscal tool. Social and fiscal data, for example, related to health and employment, need to be accessed and managed by local governments in order to add value to the analysis and decisions relating to territorial policies. In Brazil, the concept of “cadastre� has evolved on three levels over time: Originally it was focused on taxing revenues and therefore gathered economic and territorial information. Legal data (real estate, insurance, etc.) was then included for spatial planning analysis. Finally, the concept was broadened to include social data (social inclusion and environment) to the former areas, resulting in an integrated planning tool for holistic management (See illustration below and consult:
REQUIRES Investments in qualified staff, technology and urban research. Data collection is sensitive; it is a right that needs to be protected. Developing a political strategy for the gathering and use of data must be clear and accessible to the entire population. It must leave no doubts about the reasons behind the collection of information by the government and the tasks they will enable to be executed. Social policies need to increase and evolve, but it must be evidence based.
PROVIDES Accurate knowledge of the urban areas and social realities, enabling well-structured social and fiscal policies to be elaborated and implemented. Therefore, social data must become instrumental for local government policies and services in order to foresee the provision of services such as, schools in areas where children live, public transport where poor populations accumulate, and protection where vulnerability is high. Social data, for example on health and education, needs to be accessed and managed by local government and brought into value for analysis and decisions regarding the territories. Having this kind of registry enables strategic management behavior in the sense that it makes it easier to articulate between different municipal departments.