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In contrast, cadastral data models, such as the Land Administration Domain Model (LADM), have been developed for legal information management purposes and model legal objects such as ownership boundaries without providing correspondence to the object\u2019s physical attributes. Integration of legal and physical objects in the virtual 3D city and cadastral models would maximise their utility and flexibility to support different applications that require an integrated resource of both legal and physical information, such as urban space management and land development processes. The aim of this paper is to propose a data model that supports both legal and physical information of urban environments. The methodology to develop this data model is to extend the core cadastral data model and integrate urban features into the data model. The outcome of the research can be utilised to extend the current data models to increases their usability for different applications that require both legal and physical information.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijgi4031442","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,18]],"date-time":"2015-08-18T05:43:13Z","timestamp":1439876593000},"page":"1442-1479","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["Integrating Legal and Physical Dimensions of  Urban Environments"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"4","author":[{"given":"Ali","family":"Aien","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abbas","family":"Rajabifard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohsen","family":"Kalantari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2152-9272","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Davood","family":"Shojaei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"OGC (2012). 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