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Land Governance for Climate Resilience

A review and case studies from LAND-at-scale projects

Reports & Research
November, 2023
Africa, Mozambique, Uganda, South America, Colombia, Global
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
food security
land-use planning
climate change
land use
natural resources
natural resources management
land rights
land conflicts
property rights
This report is a contribution of the knowledge management component of the LAND-at-scale programme (LAS) which is funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and implemented by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland - RVO). LAND-at-scale is a seven-year programme (2019-2026), that aims to contribute to fair and just tenure security, access to land and natural resources for all.
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Multiplier les possibilités d'investissement en faveur de l'égalité femmes-hommes et de l'action climatique

Manuals & Guidelines
Reports & Research
October, 2023
Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land inheritance rights
land reform
land-use planning

Les femmes jouent un rôle essentiel dans la lutte contre les changements climatiques. Les auteurs de cette étude montrent qu’investir en faveur des femmes rurales contribue à la réalisation des objectifs climatiques, tout en luttant contre les inégalités femmes-hommes et la pauvreté. Les projets et les politiques liés aux changements climatiques qui associent les femmes obtiennent de meilleurs résultats sur le plan de l’environnement.
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Conflictos por el agua en Guanacaste, Costa Rica: Respuestas al desarrollo turístico

Journal Articles & Books
April, 2019
Latin America and the Caribbean, Costa Rica
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
urban planning
land investments
foreign investment
land conflicts
En este artículo se explora si los conflictos socioecológicos vinculados a procesos de desposesión por inversiones turístico-residenciales pueden ser analizados desde la perspectiva de la visión que construyen estos sectores de su relación con el turismo. Se analiza el caso concreto de Guanacaste, Costa Rica, donde se ha experimentado una gran intensidad tanto en el desarrollo de la inversión turística como en los conflictos ecológicos por el agua, entre las comunidades rurales y las inversiones en turismo residencial apoyadas por el Estado.
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Tenencia y ocupación de la tierra en la zona marítimo terrestre de Costa Rica

Decimotercer Informe Estado de la Nación en Desarrollo Humano Sostenible

Conference Papers & Reports
December, 2007
Latin America and the Caribbean, Costa Rica
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Land Degradation & Tenure
zoning
land management
land tenure
El objetivo de este artículo es llamar la atención sobre la ocupación de la zona marítimo-terrestre (ZMT). En estos territorios coexisten situaciones legítimas, anómalas y anárquicas respecto con la tenencia de la tierra. La ingobernabilidad de la ZMT es producto de la inadecuada aplicación del marco legal y la ausencia de conocimiento sistematizado. La información sobre esta temática está muy dispersa, es escasa y además, poco accesible.
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Addressing Climate Change at the State and Local Level: Using Land Use Controls to Reduce Automobile Emissions

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2010
United States of America
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
land-use planning
Automobiles are a major source of CO2 emissions. Because there is no immediate technological fix to reduce these emissions, the most promising current strategy is to promote less automobile use. In the United States, this is difficult because federal programs such as the interstate highway system and local land use planning and regulation have encouraged suburban sprawl. In 2006, the state of California passed legislation to roll back greenhouse emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. This legislation did not link the roll back target with land use policies.
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Sustainable Development Compromise[d] in the Planning of Metro Vancouver’s Agricultural Lands—the Jackson Farm Case

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2013
Canada
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
land-use planning
This research provides analysis of the case of the Jackson Farm development application, embedded within the particular dynamics of the municipal, regional, and provincial sustainability land use policy culture of the Metro Vancouver region, in Canada.
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Densification without Growth Management? Evidence from Local Land Development and Housing Trends in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2014
United States of America
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
land-use planning
In urban America, land development and residential real estate have passed through a number of different phases during the post-WWII era. In contemporary discourse on urban sustainability, attention is often expressed in terms of intensity of land development, lot sizes, and square-footage of housing units. In this paper, we reconstruct the land development trajectory of a rapidly growing southern city in the United States and assess whether this trajectory has experienced any reversal in the face of socio-economic transformations that have occurred over the past decade or so.
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Using Spatial Planning Tools to Identify Potential Areas for the Harnessing of Ocean Currents in the Mexican Caribbean

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2022
Mexico
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
land-use planning
A spatial analysis was carried out to evaluate the compatibility of human activities and biophysical characteristics in the Mexican Caribbean Sea, in order to identify the most viable areas for energy generation from ocean currents and the areas where the population would most benefit from such energy projects. Of the study area, 82% have some form of protection legislation. Tourism is the main economic activity in the area and this is reflected in a wide range of activities and services that often overlap within the same spatial area.
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A Knowledge Map Study of an Application of a Smart Land Planning Free-Trade Zone and China’s Contribution

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2022
China, United States of America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
land-use planning
The use of a free-trade zone (FTZ) has emerged as a smart land tool in increasing trading, attracting foreign investment, attempting financial openness and conducting other pilot economic reforms, which adds higher requirements for smart spatial planning, smart industry planning and smart management planning. However, no systematic analysis has been performed, making it difficult to provide deeper insights into FTZs.
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Obstacles to the Development of Integrated Land-Use Planning in Developing Countries: The Case of Paraguay

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2022
Paraguay
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land-use planning
Land-use planning identifies the best land-use options by considering environmental, economic, and social factors. Different theoretical land-use plan models can be found in the literature; however, few studies focus on its practical application and particular challenges in different contexts, especially in the Global South. We use expert surveys to explore the feasibility and relevance of integrated land-use planning and data acquisition in developing countries using Paraguay as an example.