This paper reports on a detailed analysis of the metabolism of the Island City of Mumbai should the Indian Governments proposal for smart cities be implemented It focuses on the environmental impact of increased population density achieved by demolishing existing mediumrise 35 storey housing and replacing it with the proposed highrise 4060 storey towers The resulting increase in density places a burden on the demand on such things as electricity and water and simultaneously increases the output flows of drainage solid waste and greenhouse gas productionAn extended urban metabolism analysis
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosEnero, 2017India, Estados Unidos de América
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosJulio, 2016África
A partir de 2008, houve uma extensa produção e publicação de artigos acadêmicos, basicamente em inglês, sobre um fenômeno denominado corrida mundial por terras ou land grabbing (apropriação de terras). Depois de cinco ou seis anos, essa produção se mantém, mas com construções teórico-empíricas mais elaboradas – inclusive com a reformulação de conceitos e criação de outros como green grabbing (apropriação verde) e water grabbing (apropriação da água) –, especialmente porque as primeiras reflexões eram excessivamente centradas em dados quantitativos e escala (quantidade de hectares transacion
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesNoviembre, 2016Global
Investing in land, and in activities requiring land, occurs around the world. As a broad category, “land and investments” encompasses a wide range of scenarios: investments may be small or large in terms of the amount of money invested and scale of the land acquired. Investments may be undertaken for activities ranging from agriculture or forestry to infrastructure, extractive projects, renewable energy, or even tourism; and may involve a variety of actors, such as local smallholders, national governments, local investors, or foreign corporations, among others.
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Publicación revisada por paresEnero, 2016GlobalThe Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program, or REDD+, has been the international community’s first real attempt to create a global forest governance system which would impact countries on national, regional and even local scales. This paper provides an in-depth analysis on the impact of REDD+ on forest-dependent communities. The dimensions which are included in this review are institutions and governance, livelihoods, socio-cultural aspects, and the environment.
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Publicación revisada por paresEnero, 2017Noruega, Italia, Suecia, FinlandiaThis paper deals with processes and outcomes of sustainable bioenergy development in Emilia Romagna. It draws on an on-going research project concerning inclusive innovation in forest-based bioenergy and biogas in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Italy. The goal is to explore how local governance impacts on inclusive innovation processes and triple bottom sustainability of bioenergy development in Emilia Romagna and, ultimately, to contribute to the debate on the bioeconomy. It thus compares the case of biogas and forest-based bioenergy production.
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Publicación revisada por paresEnero, 2017GhanaIn the Global South, there is a push to drive agricultural modernisation processes through private sector investments. In West African drylands, land concessions are required for such agri-businesses are often negotiated through customary authorities, and inject large amounts of money into localised rural systems with low cash bases. The article argues that such transactions serve to increase area under crop cultivation on an inter-seasonal basis, as financial spill-overs allow for farmers to purchase larger quantities of agricultural inputs and prepare larger tracts of land.
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Library ResourceEnero, 2016Sierra Leona
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2016Etiopía
This study assesses the reasons for low formalisation of land rental transactions and constraints within the rural land rental regulatory framework in Tigray and the Southern Nations;Nationalities;and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR);and provides recommendations to improve the regulatory framework for land rental transactions..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2016Etiopía
This report analyses what the key determinants are for farmers when deciding to rent out their land and how LIFT can influence these to further strengthen the rural land rental market..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2016Etiopía
This research aims to analyse relative effects of current land rental arrangements on the efficiency and equity of small landholding farmers and its implications for land policy debate in Ethiopia..This resource was published in the frame of the Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) Programme. For more information;please check: https://landportal.org/community/projects/land-investment-transformation...
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