DIGITALIZATION AND MONITORING AS MODERN TOOLS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL SUPPORT OF LAND PROTECTION

Abstract

Entry. The article provides a comprehensive analysis of digitalization and monitoring as modern instruments of administrative and legal support for land protection. It is substantiated that under the conditions of transformation of land relations and increasing requirements for the efficiency of public administration, digital technologies become a key factor in modernizing the system of state control over land use and protection. The role of geographic information systems, the electronic land cadastre, the State Register of Real Property Rights, remote sensing technologies, and automated information systems in shaping a modern model of land resource monitoring is revealed.

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to determine the specific features of administrative and legal support for digitalization and monitoring in the field of land protection, to analyze their impact on the effectiveness of state control, and to substantiate directions for improving the legal regulation of digital mechanisms for land resource management.

Materials and Methods. The methodological basis of the study includes general scientific and special legal methods, in particular formal-legal, system-structural, comparative-legal methods, as well as methods of analysis and synthesis. The research is based on the provisions of land, administrative, and information legislation of Ukraine, regulatory legal acts in the field of e-governance, open data, and state land monitoring, as well as scientific works of domestic and foreign scholars devoted to the digital transformation of public administration.

Results. The impact of digitalization on administrative procedures in the field of land relations is analyzed in terms of increasing transparency, efficiency, and accessibility for participants of land legal relations. It is established that the implementation of e-governance and automated administrative decision-making procedures contributes to reducing subjective influence, minimizing corruption risks, and enhancing legal certainty. The necessity of proper administrative and legal support for digital processes is substantiated, including integration of state information systems, unification of digital registers, and legal recognition of the status of digital data in the land sector. It is proved that the combination of digitalization of administrative procedures with modern land monitoring systems forms a preventive model of state control based on the use of large data sets for managerial decision-making.

Prospects. It is noted that further development of digital land monitoring instruments is associated with the implementation of European standards of e-governance and open data, harmonization of national legislation with European Union law, and improvement of administrative and legal mechanisms for land resource management. The results of the study may be applied in law-making activities, law enforcement practice, and further scientific research in the fields of land and administrative law.