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Resolution No. 27 of 1998 on the appropriation of lands for public use.

Regulations
Palestine
Western Asia
Asia

This Resolution is composed of 4 articles. The Land No. 5, located in the zone of Alfarrara-Gaza Strip, indicated in the attached Map shall be expropriated by the PNA with the objective to construct buildings in favour of the Ministry of Housing (art. 1). Any individual who has a right or benefit on the abovementioned land shall present a request to the Ministry of Housing within a month indicating his ownership and his rights on this land to obtain compensation (art. 2). All owners of the aforementioned land should abstain from the right of disposal over it (art. 3).

Resolution No. 75 of 1996 on the appropriation of lands for public utility.

Regulations
Palestine
Western Asia
Asia

This Resolution is composed of 4 articles. Lands located in the zone of Rafah indicated in the attached Map shall be appropriated by the PNA with the objective to creation of an airport (art. 1). Construction or establishing agricultural or industrial projects on the aforementioned lands is prohibited (art. 2). Who has a right or benefit on the abovementioned lands shall present a request to the Ministry of Justice indicating his ownership and his rights on this land to obtain the compensation (art. 3).

Irregular and illegal land acquisition by Kenya’s elites: Trends, processes, and impacts of Kenya’s land-grabbing phenomenon

Journal Articles & Books
Reports & Research
January, 2011
Kenya

The International Land Coalition (ILC) has commissioned this present report to analyse the illegal/irregular acquisition of land by Kenya’s elites to ascertain the types of land affected, the processes used to acquire land, and the profiles of the perpetrators, as well as to identify the victims and the impacts of land grabbing.

Good Practice Uganda - LIP

Institutional & promotional materials
June, 2023
Uganda

The Global Programme 'Responsible Land Policy' (GPRLP) is part of the Special Initiative 'One World, No Hunger' of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), which aims to reduce extreme poverty and hunger.

Good Practice Benin - PVM

Institutional & promotional materials
June, 2023
Benin

The Global Programme 'Responsible Land Policy' (GPRLP) is part of the Special Initiative 'One World, No Hunger' of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), which aims to reduce extreme poverty and hunger.

Fair Transitions and the Politics of Land

Conference Papers & Reports
September, 2023
Global

Questions about how land is governed and controlled in the context of multiple crises are key to debates about fair transitions. The energy transition, net-zero ambitions, nature protection, and food system transformation all involve claims on land, water, and forests. How these claims are framed, analysed, and governed, how access to land is organised, and who gets a seat at the table to discuss key decisions are questions of urgent concern from both a fair transitions perspective and a land governance perspective. Key note speaker Prof.

Las mujeres rurales en Guatemala

Reports & Research
October, 2017
Latin America and the Caribbean
Guatemala

Los Informes/País sobre la situación de las mujeres rurales, aportan datos fundamentales para tener en cuenta en cualquier tipo iniciativa que implique a las mujeres rurales, a la vez que proponen recomendaciones puntuales para la garantía de sus derechos. Los Informes son una propuesta de la Iniciativa Basada en Compromisos “Mujer Rural y Derecho a la Tierra” de la Coalición Internacional para el Acceso a la Tierra (ILC).

Liveability Dimensions in New Town Developments: An Overview of Senri New Town and Purbachal New Town

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2020
Global

Since the 1960s new town developments within large metropolises have been widely adopted to decongest the city centres especially in Asian cities This paper provides a brief account of the liveability dimensions of two new townships developed in large metropolitan areas Senri New Town in Osaka and Purbachal New Town in Dhaka The study primarily draws on master plans of the two developments to identify how the components of the plans reflect the physical social functional and safety dimensions of a proposed liveability framework The methodology combines a review of masters plans with scholar

Urban Acupuncture in Large Cities: Filtering Framework to Select Sensitive Urban Spots in Riyadh for Effective Urban Renewal

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2020
Saudi Arabia

New revitalization and regeneration strategies are currently taking place as a scheme for reassessing urban spaces This paper as a result navigates the theory of Urban Acupuncture UA as a quick and effective tool that can be adopted in large cities Using Riyadh city as a case study it discusses how this tool can be used to achieve maximum results with minimal effort in the most critical places Riyadh city is the capital of Saudi Arabia and is considered one of the fastestgrowing metropolitan cities in the Arab world Through time it has transformed into a city with leftover open spaces and a

Peri-Urban Pressures: The Interplay of Land Strategies and Urbanization in Algeria’s Oran Metropolis

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2022
Algeria

In contemporary times the worldwide trend of urban expansion has become an inexorable force This article engages in a comprehensive examination of the intricate dynamics surrounding urban sprawl and land utilization within the periurban regions of significant Algerian municipalities with a specific focus on the city of Oran Employing a methodology rooted in social geography this study deploys a trio of investigative approaches documentary analysis spatiotemporal scrutiny of periurban domains and insitu field investigations to shed light on the intricate intricacies of land ownership dynamic