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Sustainable Construction for Affordable Housing Program in Kabul

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2022
Afghanistan
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
land ownership
Afghanistan suffers from four decades of war caused a massive migration of the rural population to the cities Kabul was originally designed for 15 million people where now 5 million people live The importation of modern western styles housing for rapid reconstruction reveals apparent cultural conflict and significant environmental footprint The new constructive cultures for sustainable reconstruction should necessary consider the use of local materials combined with modern technologies Earthen architecture underlies the embodiment of Afghanistan architecture The aim of this research is to r
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Opportunities for Practicing Sustainable Building Construction in Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2018
Iraq
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
land degradation
land records
The construction sector of the Kurdistan region of the Republic of Iraq has witnessed a huge development in the construction sector last ten years However there is a lack of awareness and legislation regarding sustainable construction in the buildings sector The aim of the paper is to find the required mechanism to introduce sustainable practice and implement sustainable construction in the buildings construction sector in Northern Iraq The main objectives of this study are identifying the barriers in sustainable construction in Northern Iraq and investigate the law and regulations in deali
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Industrialization and Urbanization in Turkey at the beginning of the 20th Century

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2020
Turkey
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
land administration
land investments
The starting point of this study is the fact that every production system entails a specific spatial organization and changes its physical environment This research is an attempt to understand the industrialization period of Turkeys Early Republican Period 1930s and the spatial effects of the new production system Right after the Turkish War of Independence The Republican Government of Turkey had aimed to establish an independent country and started to carry out a modernization and contemporization project This project had different dimensions appealing to the institutional economical socia
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Visual pollution phenomena and sensitivity of residences in heritage city centers Case of: Old district of Manama city, Kingdom of Bahrain

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2019
Bahrain
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
land deals
land governance
land law
land ownership
land records
land rights
land tenure
land-use planning
Image of the ancient cities across the Arab region has been changed The urbanization progress and their subsequent urban changes are of rapid acceleration due to the population increase in the named cities affecting the encompassed old districts in many respects The mentioned changes are forked into two main branches controlled and uncontrolled On one side the controlled category abide by the urban regulations in terms of the visual representation of the old districts On the other side the uncontrolled counterpart breaches these regulations and their logical assumptions ending up in many ur
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Towards Reviving the Missing Noble Characteristics of Traditional Habitual Social Life: “Al-Farej “In Kingdom of Bahrain

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2019
Bahrain
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
community land rights
land rights
For a long time Social life in Bahrain was unique and positive Public Participation and social cooperative with no reference of segregation or discrimination for a long time Regularly residences were gathering together to discuss the daily life solving problems discussing their economic and social issues with a spirit of respecting human rights and civilization In Bahrain there were many elements which were positively in city quality of life The research problem is that unfortunately most of the old part of Manama city Capital of Bahrain area suffer from losing the identity by modernization
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The Coordination Of Actors In Urban Regeneration Projects: Fikirtepe, Istanbul, Turkey

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2019
Turkey
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
community land rights
expropriation
land acquisitions
land administration
land law
land rights
It is necessary for urban regeneration projects to be carried out successfully in coordination with other actors During the process of realising regeneration many actors and strategicallygiven decision play a crucial role The ways how actorsfactors are involved in the process the relationships founded among them and investigating the methods followed during the process constitute the content of this study The purpose of this study is to develop an approach with regard to the coordination established between actorsfactors that participated during the regeneration process This study covers th
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Courtyard Housing in China: Chinese Quest for Harmony

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2017
China
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
community land rights
land administration
land ownership
land reform
land tenure
tenure security
The Chinese have lived in singleextendedfamily courtyard houses in many parts of China for thousands of years The earliest courtyard house found in China was during the Middle Neolithic period 50003000 BCE The courtyard form signifies Chinese quest for harmony with nature and in social relationships However the 20th century was a significant turning point in the evolution of Chinese courtyard houses this paper provides an overview of this transition It starts by briefly introducing traditional Chinese courtyard houses and their decline since 1949 it then examines the emergence of new courty
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Shaping the City that Decreases Overweight and Obesity through Healthy Built Environment

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2019
Lebanon
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
Land & Food Security
forest land
land productivity
Cities are being built based on the concepts of comfortable easy and fast for the inhabitants However what is being constructed is promoting physical inactivity and people are finding that what was being considered as convenient for daily life is in fact harmful to their physical health This study points to the many components of a city that beats overweight issues and especially obesity The case study is the city of Beirut indepth interviews were conducted with a representative sample of Beirutis people whose families come from the Beirut city and who were born in this city and are still l
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The Role of Home Gardens in Developing Cities for Improving Workers' Psychological Conditions

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2022
Indonesia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
forest land
During the lockdown period people were restricted from doing many things particularly activities outside the home putting strain on psychological circumstances This study intends to demonstrate that providing a home garden to improve the psychological state of the workers community may alleviate the challenges of access to green open space in city settings This study investigates the psychological state of employees and the impact of home gardens on the psychological state of workers in numerous cities in Indonesia during the pandemic The survey was carried out utilising the Snowball sampli
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Droits des communautés et changement climatique: Quel avenir voulons-nous?

Rapport de synthèse pour un Dialogue sur l'avenir du climat

Reports & Research
February, 2024
Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania
Forest Landscape Restoration
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
sustainable development
agroforestry systems
Le 17 septembre 2023, plus de 70 représentants des titulaires de droits et leurs alliés se sont réunis pour un dialogue mondial sur la façon dont le financement climatique peut ou doit soutenir leur vision de l’avenir dans un monde affecté par le changement climatique.