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    Economic Diversification and the Urban Image; Changing the Narrative on Street Vending

    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2019
    Nigeria
    Urban Tenure
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Forest Tenure
    land deals
    land investments
    land law
    land loans
    land ownership
    land productivity

    Street vending is a dynamic phenomenon of network of events socioeconomic and cultural factors while remaining a narration of place At the metropolitan level the narrative is negatively skewed towards street vending and its aesthetic reality contemporaneously exploring hostile environmental interventions within the informal sector This paper attempted to explore a counternarrative asking based on aesthetic experience can the desired urban image to be achieved by allowing street vendors proliferate in public spaces This question was asked within the scope of the politicaleconomy of diversifi

  2. Library Resource

    Territoriality in Post-conflict Neighbourhoods: Unravelling the Dynamics of Territorial Marks in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2023
    Nigeria
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
    Forest Tenure
    community land rights
    customary land rights
    land access
    land administration
    land conflicts
    land deals
    land information systems
    land law
    land management
    land ownership
    land policies
    land rights
    land tenure
    tenure security
    urban land

    The pervasiveness of territorial marks in postconflict neighbourhoods elicited this study Relying on residents perceptions the study explored the dynamics underpinning residents use of territorial marks Primary data was collected by administering questionnaires to residents of various neighbourhoods within the study area Physical observations were conducted to identify all residential neighbourhoods and categorised into three homogenous zones From each homogenous zone 30 neighbourhoods were purposively selected In total 2055 buildings were identified within these selected neighbourhoods The

  3. Library Resource

    The Role of Changing Housing Policies in Housing Affordability and Accessibility in Developing Countries: The Case of Kenya.

    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2020
    Kenya
    Urban Tenure
    Land & Investments
    Land & Food Security
    community land rights
    land access
    land administration
    land conflicts
    land governance
    land information systems
    land investments
    land management
    land ownership
    land policies
    land productivity
    land reform
    land rights
    land tenure
    land-use planning
    tenure security

    Rapid urbanization has led to the influx of people into urban areas as people seek better life opportunities This migration has however largely not been planned resulting in population explosions in the cities Relying on existing research on the topic and government reports this study finds that many middle and lowincome families in Kenya have ended up living in informal settlements in urban areas due to housing unaffordability The study further determines that the problem of housing is more pronounced in developing countries Studies related to this issue establish that the housing crisis c

  4. Library Resource
    Capa: Sekelekani

    Narração de sofrimento de Comunidades reassentadas em Tete

    Reports & Research
    August, 2015
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Mozambique
    Land & Investments
    Land Conflicts
    mining
    disturbance
    displacement
    dispossession
    families
    local communities

    Durante dois dias, um grupo de 23 camponeses, provenientes de oito aldeias dos distritos de Moaze e Marara, reuniram-se em Mwaladzi, para, em ambiente aberto, informal e parcipavo, parlharem estórias das suas vidas, em zonas de reassentamento ou afectadas por acvidades de mineração na Província de Tete. Através deste processo de auto- reconhecimento, a que denominamos de ʺnarração de sofrimentoʺ, as comunidades interpretam o seu percurso; dando-lhe sendo.

  5. Library Resource

    Effets du développement et de la transformation de l’orpaillage sur les dynamiques foncières en Guinée

    Reports & Research
    December, 2023
    Africa, Western Africa, Guinea
    Land & Food Security
    Land & Investments
    Land Degradation & Tenure
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    mining
    land investments
    foreign investment
    extractive industries

    En Guinée, la hausse du cours de l’or depuis les années 2000 a favorisé l’intensification des pratiques anciennes d’exploitation des ressources aurifères. À partir de 2010, l’activité artisanale se transforme, marquée par l’adoption de nouvelles techniques et par la mécanisation des pratiques d’extraction et de traitement du minerai. Depuis 2015, cette mécanisation évolue avec l’utilisation croissante d’engins lourds et le développement d’exploitation semi-industrielles.

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    Promouvoir la continuité pour les PMA en voie de reclassement: pour une transition en douceur en matière d’adaptation climatique

    Reports & Research
    November, 2023
    Angola, Bhutan
    Land & Investments
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    land governance
    climate change
    land investments

    La sortie du statut de PMA représente une étape hautement symbolique et positive dans le parcours d’un pays vers une plus grande prospérité socio-économique. Cependant, la baisse du soutien international qui en résulte ainsi que la perte des avantages proposés aux PMA menacent de bouleverser les plans d’adaptation, qui sont essentiels pour des pays de plus en plus vulnérables aux impacts du changement climatique. 

  9. Library Resource
    MAD Proceedings, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, March 2023

    Proceedings of the National Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Responsible Governance of Investment in Land

    Responsible Agricultural Investment: A Pathway to Inclusive Sustainable Development, 21-22 March 2023 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Conference Papers & Reports
    March, 2023
    Ethiopia
    Land & Investments
    land governance
    land investments
    responsible investment
    land conflicts
    government

    The Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the Responsible Governance of Investment in Land (RGIL) project conducted national Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue (MSD) under the theme “Responsible Agricultural Investment: A Pathway to Inclusive Sustainable Development”. It was held from 21 to 22 March 2023 in Addis Ababa, at Radisson Blu Hotel. The dialogue brought together ninety-one representatives of government officials, technical experts, academia, agricultural investors, the local community, civil society organizations (CSO), consultants, and the media.

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