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Memorial Parking Trees: Resilient Modular Design with Nature-Based Solutions in Vulnerable Urban Areas

Volume 10 Issue 3

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2021
Canada, Chile, Spain, United Kingdom, Greece, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, United States of America, South Africa, Southern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
geographical information systems
land-use planning
sustainable land management
urban areas
Nature-based solutions (NbS) include all the landscape’s ecological components that have a function in the natural or urban ecosystem. Memorial Parking Trees (MPTs) are a new variant of a nature-based solution composed of a bioswale and a street tree allocated in the road, occupying a space that is sub-utilised by parked cars. This infill green practice can maximise the use of street trees in secondary streets and have multiple benefits in our communities. Using GIS mapping and methodology can support implementation in vulnerable neighbourhoods.
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FLOSS in Cadastre and Land Registration

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2010
Switzerland, United States of America, Nepal, Israel, Sweden, Germany, China, Australia, Canada, Samoa, Finland, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Africa, Uganda, Spain, Cambodia, Ghana, Europe, Asia, Africa, Northern America
natural resources management
land governance
land administration
land tenure
land access
land registration
land ownership
Land administration and cadastral systems are playing a crucial global role in safeguarding the security of access to land and natural resources. Information technology systems have become basic elements of these systems everywhere. Introduction of automation to land administration has improved systems’ efficiency, standardisation and accessibility, which in turn have contributed to responsible land governance. Developing country land administrations are, however, often inefficient and poorly structured.
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State of the Art Report on Global and Regional Soil Information: Where are we? Where to go?

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Angola, Greece, United States of America, Rwanda, China, Namibia, Australia, Eswatini, Canada, Iran, Iceland, Thailand, New Zealand, Kenya, Mozambique, Jordan, South Africa, Vietnam, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, Kazakhstan, Mongolia
land information systems
land use mapping
Under the current challenges of food security, climate change adaptation and mitigation, further provision of ecosystem services and sustainable intensification of agriculture, soil information becomes fundamental to guide wise policies and decisions. This document reviews the present availability of soil information from legacy maps and reports and from ongoing Digital Soil Mapping efforts. Currently, the soil science community is limited in its capacity to provide accurate and updated information to the different soil users.
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World reference base for soil resources 2014

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
France, Brazil, United States of America, Luxembourg, Chile, Germany, Bulgaria, Austria, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Italy, Poland, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Canada, Mexico, Norway, Ghana
land-use planning
land use
land use mapping
This publication is a revised and updated version of World Soil Resources Reports No. 84 and 103 and presents the international soil classification system. Every soil in the world can be allocated to one of the 32 Reference Soil Groups as defined in this document, and can further be characterized by a set of qualifiers. The resulting soil name provides information on soil genesis, soil ecological function and soil properties relevant for land use and management.
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Réforme agraire: colonisation et coopératives agricoles 2007/2

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2007
Egypt, Switzerland, Lithuania, Croatia, Germany, Denmark, Australia, Canada, Finland, Thailand, New Zealand, Kenya, Tajikistan, Albania, Italy, Botswana, Cambodia, Georgia, Romania, Ghana, Europe, Asia
land policies
land
land governance
land administration
land rights
land management
land reform
land ownership
The articles in this issue supplement the recent publication "Good governance in land tenure and administration" (Land Tenure Studies No. 9), which provides practical advice for land professionals on improving governance in a land administration system or other land tenure arrangement.