ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Built Environ.
Sec. Urban Science
Volume 11 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2025.1622254
This article is part of the Research TopicNew Insights and Advancement of Land Use Analytics in Modern City DevelopmentView all 11 articles
Comparative Review for Theoretical and Practical Geospatial Frameworks for Effective Building Permitting Lifecycle in Municipalities
Provisionally accepted
- Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Municipal sector performance is significantly impacted by rapid urban sprawl globally, posing challenges for service providers in land management and the effective control of new building permitting processes. Technology has the potential to address these challenges; however, it does not resolve the lack of clarity in the municipality's guidelines, which hinders the deployment of solutions. The study's significance in improving the permitting process is considered a significant contributor to cities' growth speed, quality, and growth directions. The study aims to examine building permit frameworks from a land management technology perspective to develop guidelines and frameworks that support effective building permitting processes. Integrating land management permitting processes and geospatial systems led to the adoption of technology that merges theoretical and practical frameworks, focusing on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Building Permitting Systems (BPS), as well as emerging technologies. The study was conducted by coding and pairing the main items among the theoretical and practical frameworks under the technology, process, organization, and legislation to define the areas of improving BPS. Hence, the research identified key components of selected frameworks between processes, technology, and organizations to identify guidelines for building a robust framework for future BPS considering geospatial data. Also, it emphasized standardizing data to enhance permit processing and land management efficiency and effectiveness.
Keywords: Municipality, GIS, building permits, land management, integration
Received: 02 May 2025; Accepted: 30 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Aljobaly, Abdulaal and Maatouk. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Obaid Aljobaly, oaljobaly@stu.kau.edu.sa
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