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What the Commission of Inquiry into Ancestral Land Rights and Restitution Claims Found

May, 2021
Namibia
Land & Food Security
Urban Tenure
land
eviction
land administration
farmers
In Uganda land remains the most sought–after natural resource;but legal and structural mechanisms have not been effective in addressing illegal land evictions faced by vulnerable communities. Most local investors have taken advantage of the structural gaps in land administration which have exacerbated the issuance of multiple titles. This has been compounded by Uganda’s weak justice system and excesses perpetrated by some police officers and the military. In recent times Uganda has witnessed catastrophic forced evictions across the country.
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A framework to scale citizen participation in urban development

Learning from experiences of multistakeholder collaboration

Reports & Research
November, 2021
South Africa
Urban Tenure
urban planning
public participation
This working paper summarises our understanding of a framework to support the scaling of participatory development in low-income urban neighbourhoods in the global South. The discussion addresses constraints that have previously been identified both in the academic literature and through social movements and support agencies seeking citizen inclusion. Our study demonstrates the importance of working with all key stakeholders, including organised communities, urban social movements, academics, professionals and City authorities.
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Securing Tenure in African Cities: Learnings from five small-scale incremental innovations led by local NGOs and social entrepreneurs

Reports & Research
January, 2021
Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire
Land & Gender
Urban Tenure
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
public participation
urbanization
urban areas
tenure insecurity
Achieving tenure security, land and property rights in informal urban settlements remains one of the most persistent, intractable development challenges today. The Secure Tenure in African Cities: Micro Funds for Community Innovation initiative launched by Cities Alliance aimed to address this challenge.
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Improving Governance of Tenure in Policy and Practice: A Conceptual Basis to Analyze Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Multi-Stakeholder Transformative Governance Illustrated with an Example from South Africa

Journal Articles & Books
Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2020
South Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
VGGT
equal rights
land governance
development
land policies
land tenure
government
Tenure governance is a complex and multi-dimensional issue that requires cross-sectoral and holistic approaches, gathering the resources, information and expert skills of a variety of actors while exploring innovative, polycentric multi-stakeholder governance arrangements to address collective action challenges. To do this, multi-stakeholder partnerships are formed where public and private partners pool their resources and competencies to address mutual goals more effectively.
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Detailed timeline: Namibia

Companion to Land Portal Namibia country narrative

Reports & Research
February, 2021
Namibia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Urban Tenure
land administration
land registration
land equity
This detailed timeline provides further background information on the history and land governance of Namibia presented in the Land Portal country profile
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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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Seizing the Urban Opportunity. How national governments can recover from COVID-19, secure shared prosperity, and tackle the climate crisis through cities.

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2021
Brazil, China, Indonesia, India, Mexico, South Africa, Southern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
land policies
land use
urban areas
urbanization
Today, the Coalition for Urban Transitions releases a new report ‘Seizing the Urban Opportunity’, which provides insights from six emerging economies on how national governments can recover from COVID-19, tackle the climate crisis and secure shared prosperity through cities. Launching as a call to action for national governments ahead of COP26 in Glasgow, it builds on the Coalition’s flagship 2019 report: Climate Emergency, Urban Opportunity.
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Towards a workable rural development strategy

Reports & Research
December, 2001
South Africa, Southern Africa
Urban Tenure
land reform
poverty
rural development
urbanization
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Cities in transition : towards an urban policy for a democratic South Africa; mission report

Reports & Research
December, 1992
South Africa, Southern Africa
Urban Tenure
land ownership
urban areas
Library Resource

Municipal policy review : urban agriculture (South Africa)

Institutional & promotional materials
December, 1998
South Africa, Southern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
land use
urban land
Meeting: Cities Feeding People : Lessons Learned from Projects in African Cities, 21-25 June 1998, Nairobi, KE