ABSTRACT

Integration of documentation and information based computerized services in information system is a tremendous means to help land and housing estate professionals in their daily practice and to improve its quality. Effort is continuously being made in designing and developing economically and reliable land information management system. With this background, this project work focuses on the design, development and deployment of a computer based land information management system, using the Osun State Ministry of Land and Housing as a case study.

In this work, the project approach involves the following steps: a feasibility study is carried out in the Osun State Ministry of Land and Housing to get insight into their activities; investigation and fact finding to extract a wealth of knowledge from their staffers; model design and implementation of land information management application using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and crystal report pro which constituted the front end (user interface), and Microsoft Office Access 2003 as the backend (database) component; and finally the training of the would-be users through the use of user manual which explains every detail the user need to know. 

The developed land information management system makes it possible to keep a database of all the lands in the state, enables retrieval of land information with a fast response time, thereby enhancing quick access to land and housing records, among others.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents Pages

Title Page i

Declaration ii

Certification iii

Dedication iv

Acknowledgement v

Abstract vi

Table of Contents vii

List of Tables ix

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 General Introduction 1

1.2       Statement of Problem 2

1.3 Aim and Objectives 3

1.4 Methodology 3

1.5    Motivation for Present Work 4

1.6      Significance of the Study 4

1.7 Scope of the Study 4

1.8 Definition of Terms 5

1.9 Report Organization 5

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Land Property 7

2.2 Classical Liberals, Objectivists, and Related Traditions 10

2.3 Land Tenure 21

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1      Overview 25

3.2 Methodology and Approach Adopted 26

3.3 Analysis of Existing System 27

3.3.1 Limitations of Existing System 28

3.4 Proposed System Design 28

3.4.1 Input Design 30

3.4.2 Output Design 31

3.4.3 Database Design 31

3.5 System Development 33

3.5.1 System Development Tool 34

CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Overview 35

4.2 System Implementation 35

4.2.1 Choice of Development Tools 36

4.2.2 Hardware Requirement 36

4.2.3 Software Requirements 37

4.3 System Documentation 37

4.3.1 Installation Guide 38

4.3.2 Users Guide 38

CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1       Conclusion 39

5.2 Contribution to Knowledge 39

5.3 Recommendations 40

REFERENCES 41

APPENDIX 1 (SYSTEM INTERFACES) 43

APPENDIX 2 (SOURCE CODE LISTING) 49