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Attitudes of a farming community towards urban growth and rural fragmentation—An Auckland case study

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2016
New Zealand

As the global population continues to increase, rural areas are expected to accommodate future growth at the same time as continuing to feed growing populations. This tension is greatest on those who farm land that is earmarked for future urban growth. Yet, little is known about the attitudes and values of the affected rural farming communities or farmers’ perceptions of the challenges and opportunities that population growth presents.

Décret n° 2016-1933 du 02 décembre 2016 portant création et fixant les règles d’organisation et de fonctionnement du programme de modernisation des villes du Sénégal (PROMOVILLES).

Regulations
December, 2016
Senegal

Le présent décret met en place un Programme de Modernisation des Villes du Sénégal (PROMOVILLES) chargé de réaliser pour le compte du Gouvernement des projets destinés à promouvoir le développement urbain et à améliorer la qualité de vie des populations, dans une dynamique de renforcement de la solidarité entre l’Etat et les collectivités territoriales.

Urban Land Use Planning Monitoring And Oversight Guidelines

Manuals & Guidelines
November, 2016
Kenya

Cities and Urban Areas play a crucial role as engines of development as well as centers of connectivity, creativity, innovation, and as service hubs for the surrounding areas. Kenya has experienced unprecedented urban growth. At independence the urban population was about 8%. This had grown to be about 40% by 2015. It is projected that by year 2030 at least half of the Kenyan population will be urbanized. The rapid rate of urbanization exerts increased pressure on authorities to meet the needs of growing urban populations.

The Historical Land Injustices Rules 2016

Legislation & Policies
November, 2016
Kenya

Article 67(2) (e) of the Constitution of Kenya mandates the Commission to initiate investigation on its own initiative or on a complaint into historical land injustices and recommend appropriate redress. To give effect to this Constitutional requirement, section 15 of the National Land Commission Act as amended by Section 38 of the Land Laws amendment Act 2016, provides the legal framework for redressing Historical Land Injustices.

Sustainable Development Goals: Monitoring Human Settlements Indicators

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Global

Today, more than half the world’s population lives in cities. By 2030, it is projected that 6 in 10 people will be urban dwellers. By 2050, the figure will have risen to 6.5 billion people; representing two-thirds of all civilization. Taking into account the increasing rural to urban migration and the rapid growth of cities in the developing world, it is clear that cities face a myriad of problems that may hinder planned growth and development.

Rajakaluve Encroachment Finder

Multimedia
November, 2016
India

This is an inderactive portal to help citizrns of Bangalore check if their residence falls on a storm waterdrain. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has notified properties with survey numbers that are encroaching on BBMP website. Our portal makes it easy to access these documents and give a summary view.


Making retail modernisation in developing countries inclusive: a development policy perspective

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Global

The diffusion of supermarkets in developing countries has profound implications – not only for existing retail stores and informal vendors but also for millions of producers and intermediary traders in the respective supply chains, and for consumers in these countries. Overall, societies are likely to gain from retail modernisation, given that it implies the use of new technologies and exploitation of economies of scale, and thus results in higher productivity, increased convenience and lower consumer prices.

The mobilisation of sub-national revenues is a decisive factor in the realisation of the 2030 Agenda

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Canada
United States of America
France

In 2015 the global community committed itself to an ambitious programme of reform. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and implementing the resolutions of the Paris climate conference require that great efforts are made – including those of a financial nature. Many states will have to ensure that untapped or barely used sources of income are developed. Sub-national units such as provinces, departments, districts, and cities will play an increasing role in the mobilisation of public revenues.

Urban Land Price: The Extraordinary Case of Honolulu, Hawaii

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Norway
United States of America

The price of land in Honolulu is higher than in any other major U.S. urban area. In this paper we examine several determinants of the supply and demand for land and discuss their likely influence on Honolulu's land price. We utilize comparisons between demand and supply conditions in Honolulu and in the 40 most populous U.S. urban areas to ascertain the strength of the respective determinants. Our regression results confirm that natural and institutional constraints restricting the supply of land play an important role in determining price in Honolulu and in the 40-city sample.

The Political Economy of Urban Land Reform in Hawaii

Reports & Research
November, 2016
United States of America

In the mid-1960s 26 percent of the single-family homes in Honolulu were on leased land. Dissatisfaction with leasehold led to reform legislation in 1967, allowing lessees to buy leased land. By 1991 only 3.6 percent of the homes were on leased land. We examine why landowners elected to lease rather than sell land and attribute the rise of leasehold to legal constraints on land sales by large estates and the federal tax code. Ideological forces initiated land reform in 1967, but rent-seeking forces captured the process in the mid-1970s.

SUDAN’S REPORT For United Nations’ Third Conference On Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, (Habitat III), 2016

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Sudan

The population of Sudan reached 30.9 million people in the last population census (2008), and is
projected to reach 39.7 people by 2016, growing at a 2.8% growth rate per annum. With this rate
of increase the population could double up in in about 16 years.
The urban population constituted about 29.8% of the total 2008 population, which indicates that
Sudan is predominantly rural. This high rate of population increase, and the tendency towards
population concentration in large urban centers, constitutes one of the biggest challenges facing

No Escape from the Burbs. Rezension zu Roger Keil (Hg.) (2013): Suburban Constellations: Governance, Land and Infrastructure in the 21st Century. Berlin: JOVIS.

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2016

Den Begriff des Urbanen in Auseinandersetzung mit dem Suburbanen zu bestimmen, ist horizonterweiternd. Nicht, dass er nach der Lektüre von Suburban Constellations an Schärfe gewonnen hätte, wohl aber hat sich meine Aufmerksamkeit für scheinbar banale Phänomene außerhalb der Stadt geschärft. Neu ist die enorme Bandbreite suburbaner Fallstudien aus dem ‚Globalen Norden‘ und dem ‚Globalen Süden‘, die hier versammelt werden.