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Ressources naturelles et environnment lettre d'infomation

Reports & Research
November, 2011

Dans ce numéro, nous examinerons le Partenariat mondial sur les bioénergies et le travail important qu’il a entrepris – en collaboration avec les gouvernements et les institutions internationales – pour formuler des indicateurs de durabilité pour les projets de bioénergie. Nous nous intéresserons aussi à l’Initiative ‘Aliments pour les villes’, une approche intégratrice pour coordonner les activités de la FAO dans les zones urbaines et périurbaines et pour partager les bonnes pratiques avec d’autres organisations internationales et de la société civile.

Integrating the layers: an analysis of urban land governance in contemporary Ethiopia

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2015
Ethiopia

Land is a cross-cutting theme in most contemporary development challenges. Contemporary literature shows that land governance benefits the broader administration and governance of society. Tools enabling evaluation of land governance, however, are often focuses on national or supranational levels. Ethiopia provides a case in point: rapid urbanization and urban poverty are an issue; however, limited studies assess urban land governance from a multi-stakeholder perspective. Citizens and government representatives at different levels are the sources of information.

The Urban Planning Act

Legislation
November, 2007
Tanzania

An Act to provide for the orderly and sustainable development of land in urban areas, to preserve and improve amenities; to provide for the grant of consent to develop land and powers of control over the use of land and to provide for other related matters.

Guidelines for the Preparation of General Planning Schemes and Detailed Schemes for New Areas, Urban Renewal and Regularization

Legislation & Policies
July, 2007
Tanzania

This document contains guidelines for the preparation and implementation of general planning schemes and detailed schemes for new areas, urban renewal and regularization. They have been formulated as tools to guide professional Urban Planners and Managers and other related Practitioners in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and review of these schemes.

The Unit Titles Act

Legislation
November, 2008
Tanzania

An Act to provide for the management of the division of buildings into units, clusters, blocks and sections owned individually of co-owned and use ofdesignated areas; to provide for issuance of certificate of unit titles for the individual ownership of the units, clusters, or section of the building, management and resolution of disputes arising from the use of common property; to provide for use of common property by occupiers other than owners and to provide for related matten.