COBRAC 2026

Axis 1 – Multifunctional Territorial Cadastre, Territorial Justice, and Sustainable Development

• CTM as an instrument for promoting territorial justice
• Socio-spatial inequalities and territorial distribution of opportunities
• CTM, equity in access to urban services and infrastructure
• Territorial indicators applied to social and environmental justice
• Relationship between CTM, redistributive policies, and territorial cohesion
• CTM and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Evaluation of territorial impacts of public policies
• Registration as a basis for monitoring regional inequalities
• Ethical, political, and social dimensions of territorial registration

 

Axis 2 – Property Taxation, Extrafiscality, and the Social Function of Property

• Real estate taxation as an instrument of land use planning
• Extrafiscality of IPTU, ITR, ITBI, and other property taxes
• Tax progressivity and territorial fiscal justice
• CTM as a basis for redistributive fiscal policies
• Mass appraisal (AVM) and tax equity
• Cadastral update and combating fiscal regressivity
• CTM, under-taxation of real estate, and tax waivers
• Taxation of urban and rural land as an instrument of urban policy
• Social function of property and instruments of the City Statute
• Fiscal transparency and territorial tax justice

 

Axis 3 – Territorial Management, Governance, and Public Policies Based on Registration

• CTM as a strategic infrastructure for territorial data
• Urban, regional, and metropolitan planning supported by registration
• Territorial governance and evidence-based decision-making
• Integration between CTM, master plans, and sectoral policies
• CTM and policies on mobility, housing, sanitation, and the environment
• Cadastral support for risk and disaster management
• Monitoring and territorial evaluation of public policies
• Inter-institutional coordination and multi-level governance
• CTM and state capacity in Brazilian municipalities

 

Axis 4 – Automation, Technological Innovation, and Digital Transformation of the Registry

• Automation of registration processes and continuous updating
• Use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in registration
• Remote sensing, drones, and photogrammetry applied to CTM
• Territorial Big Data and advanced spatial analysis
• Integration between registration, geoprocessing, and data science
• Interoperability, open standards, and Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI)
• Near real-time registration and continuous territorial monitoring
• Risks, limitations, algorithmic biases, and technical opacity
• Ethics, transparency, and auditability in automated systems

 

Axis 5 – National Real Estate Registry, System Integration, and Interoperability

• Proposals and experiences of national real estate registries
• Integration between fiscal, legal, and physical registries
• Interoperability between municipal, state, and federal systems
• Standardization of data and harmonization of cadastral models
• CTM as a basis for national territorial information systems
• Technical, institutional, and political challenges of cadastral integration
• Federalism, intergovernmental cooperation, and data sharing
• Fiscal, administrative, and social benefits of cadastral integration
• Compared international experiences of integrated registries

 

Axis 6 – Legal, Institutional, and Regulatory Aspects of Land Registration

• Legal and regulatory frameworks of the Multi-Purpose Land Registry
• Legal security of cadastral information
• Relationship between land registration and property registration
• CTM, property rights, and social function
• Registration and public transparency policies
• Protection of personal data and the application of the LGPD to registration
• Access to information, social control, and accountability
• Institutional arrangements for cadastral management
• Conflicts, territorial disputes, and legal use of the registry

 

Axis 7 – Registration, Land Regularization, Territorial Inclusion, and the Right to the City

• Registration as an instrument for urban and rural land regularization
• CTM and housing policies
• Urban informality, slums, and precarious settlements
• Territorial inclusion and recognition of rights
• CTM, social vulnerability, and access to the city
• Registration of traditional territories and vulnerable populations
• Territorial justice and combating socio-spatial segregation
• Relationship between registration, citizenship, and the right to the city
• CTM as a tool for reducing urban inequalities

 

Axis 8 – Methodologies, Modeling, and Quality of Cadastral Information

• Conceptual and logical modeling of registration data
• Technical standards, regulations, and best practices in CTM
• Quality, accuracy, consistency, and cadastral updating
• Evaluation and validation of territorial databases
• Integration between cadastral and geospatial data
• Methods for cadastral survey, update, and maintenance
• Indicators of cadastral performance and maturity
• Methodological challenges in contexts of high informality

 

Axis 9 – Experiences, Case Studies, and Best Practices in Land Registration

• Municipal, state, and federal case studies
• International experiences in CTM
• Innovative projects and technological solutions applied to registration
• Evaluation of social, fiscal, and territorial impacts
• Lessons learned and possibilities for replication
• Partnerships between academia, the public sector, and the private initiative
• CTM in small, medium, and large municipalities