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Towards A Regulatory Planning Of Conflicts Related To The Use In Peri-Urban And Rural Areas

December, 2021
Global

Context and background:Reconciling the sectoral interests of urban planning and agriculture is a challenge. The idyllic ambition to plan the city while enhancing agricultural land through a planning tool is subject to conflicts of use and divergent stakeholder logics.Goal and objectives:This study highlights the problem of conflicts between urban planning and agricultural land. The aim is to identify ways of objectifying and rationalizing the planning process in order to regulate these conflicts.

Cooperation Of Actors In Maintenance Of Urban Green Systems In Dar Es Salaam City: The Case Of Mbweni, Kijichi And Buyuni

December, 2021
Global

Green systems play a significant role in the resilience of cities. However, the rate of disappearance is increasing in the global south and affects the resilience of cities. But their disappearance has been associated with inadequate cooperation of actors. Goal and Objectives:This paper aims to examine the capacity of actors to cooperate and how they influence the maintenance of urban green systems in Dar es Salaam City. Methodology:Dar es Salaam City was used as a case study.

Spatial Analysis And Vulnerability Mapping Of Bitumen Deposit In Okitipupa Local Government Area Of Ondo State.

December, 2021
Nigeria

Over the years, Oil spillage has been drastically affecting our ecosystem. It is quiet unfortunate that Settlers in these places always live an unhealthy lifestyle especially during the raining season. There is no other reason for this than the poor spatial data to support and guide safe exploration. To spatially provide solution to this problem using GIS and remote sensing techniques, constitute the major drive for this research. The objective of this work was to determine the geographical extent of bitumen locations as well as to assess its hazard vulnerability in the study area.

Capacity Of Local Government Authorities In Governing Inner-City Petty Trading. A Case Of Dodoma City Council In Tanzania.

December, 2021
Tanzania
Norway

Context and backgroundPresently, in developing countries, growth of major cities is characterized by pressure on livelihood activities especially on potential inner-streets which attract variety of users including petty traders to interact on prime spaces hence leading to increased pressure on governing informal activities. Legally, in a conventional point of view, local government authorities are considered as key actors for successful petty trading governance capacity.

Conflits Fonciers Autour D’Anciens Sites De Villages Déplacés De Béoumi Accaparement De Terre Ou Faiblesse De La Politique Foncière Post-Avb ?

December, 2021
Italy
Norway
United States of America
Spain
Venezuela
Mexico

En Côte d’Ivoire post-coloniale, de nombreux projets de développement ont été mis en place dans le cadre de l’aménagement du territoire, dont l’Autorité pour l’Aménagement de la Vallée du Bandama (AVB). Il a contribué à l’augmentation de la production énergétique nationale et au développement de la pêche. Mais, ce projet de grande envergure a contraint les villages riverains à un déplacement forcé. Les populations ont reçu en retour la construction d’habitats modernes et des lopins de terre négociés auprès de villages d’accueil.

Map Conflation Using Piecewise Linear Rubber-Sheeting Transformation Between Layout And As-Built Plans In Kumasi Metropolis.

December, 2021
Global

Context and backgroundAccurately integrating different geospatial data sets remain a challenging task because diverse geospatial data may have different accuracy levels and formats. Surveyors may typically create several arbitrary coordinate systems at local scales, which could lead to a variety of coordinate datasets causing such data to remain unconsolidated and in-homogeneous.Methodology:In this study, a piecewise rubber-sheeting conflation or geometric correction approach is used to accomplish transformations between such a pair of data for accurate data integration.

Design Of Innovation Policy In The Context Of Climate Change: Moroccan Innovation Policy

December, 2021
Morocco
United States of America

ABSTRACTContext and background:Internationally, innovation policy is recognized as one of the main policies used to tackle sustainability challenges such as climate change, especially in the mission-oriented innovation policy era. In the Moroccan context, the current national strategy for innovation is “Morocco Innovation” adopted in 2009.

The Our World Heritage Case Studies Approach To African Heritage, Social Capital And Participation

December, 2021
Global

Context and backgroundThe Our World Heritage Foundation was created in 2020 as a global network to include different stakeholders in the review of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, in its 50th anniversary. The Convention is in urgent need for a scientific-based participatory policy review, as it does not respond to the current global and regional challenges.