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Displaying 141 - 145 of 447LAND OWNERSHIP: NEW DEMOGRAPHICS, NEW INFORMATION SYSTEM (APPLICATION OF LAND OWNERSHIP STUDIES TO KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN)
Land use policy unquestionably requires information about land ownership. During the Congressional debate on the Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Act of 1972, Senator Henry Jackson of Washington recognized the need for land ownership information when he said: "Rational land use planning would be impossible without knowledge of patterns of land ownership within a given area." (1) Yet this information is not generally available for the planning process.
LAND RIGHTS IN CRISIS: RESTORING TENURE SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN
Land Economics/Use,
Proposals for Land Consolidation and Expansion in Japan.
Fragmented small farms in Japan and other high wge rice-based economies in monsoon Asia have become an obstacle to sustainable rural development. This problem has not yet been resolved under private land ownership. This article recommends that based on a mixed economy of private owvership of farmland and public ownership of infrastructure land, dispersed parcels of farms could be consolidated through exchange of private ownership and location into compact land units, which could then be enlarged by individual lease or cooperative/enterprise production. LAND TENURE ; OWNERSHIP ; JAPAN
LOOKING AFTER COUNTRY: INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR INDIGENOUS LANDS MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA
This paper reports on research conducted for the Indigenous Land Corporation, an Australian government agency concerned with the acquisition and management of lands for indigenous peoples. The paper seeks to identify and analyze the kinds of institutional arrangements that might be deployed to support indigenous communities in the management of indigenous-owned land. It is concerned with a particular planning context in which the role of state agencies is focused on supporting and facilitating the work of indigenous landowners.
Investment in Land, Tenure Security and Area Farmed in Northern Mozambique
The analysis of land investment and tenure security usually assumes land scarcity. However, some developing countries have communities with land abundance. This article therefore examines the effects of land abundance for investment and tenure security. The paper develops a formal test of land abundance and estimates a system of three simultaneous equations. The empirical analysis uncovers significant land abundance in Northern Mozambique. In contrast to the literature, area farmed is a determinant of investment and tenure security.