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A Comprehensive Process for Stakeholder Identification and Engagement in Addressing Wicked Water Resources Problems

Volume 9 Issue 4

Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2020
Mexico
land
research
Various sectors of stakeholders (urban, agricultural, policymakers, etc.) are frequently engaged in participatory research projects aimed at improving water resources’ sustainability. However, a process for comprehensive and integrative identification, classification, and engagement of all types of water stakeholders for a region or river basin, especially in a transboundary context, is missing for water resources research projects.
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A Trend Analysis of Leaf Area Index and Land Surface Temperature and Their Relationship from Global to Local Scale

Volume 9 Issue 10

Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2020
British Indian Ocean Territory, Central African Republic, Central America, South America, Northern America, United States of America, China, India, Europe, Russia, Australia, Global
scale
Although the way in which vegetation phenology mediates the feedback of vegetation to climate systems is now well understood, the magnitude of these changes is still unknown. A thorough understanding of how the recent shift in phenology may impact on, for example, land surface temperature (LST) is important. To address this knowledge gap, it is important to quantify these impacts and identify patterns from the global to the regional scale.
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Acaparamiento de Tierras en Guatemala

Una mirada desde los derechos humanos y los feminismo críticos de América Latina. El caso del monocultivo de banano y palma aceitera en la blanca

Reports & Research
June, 2020
Guatemala
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
gender equity
conflict of interest
La pretensión del presente informe es sensibilizar sobre el problema del acaparamiento de tierras desde una mirada campesina y feminista de las comunidades guatemaltecas a las personas, comunidades y organizaciones del Norte Global.
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Addressing Food Loss and Waste: A Global Problem with Local Solutions

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2020
Guatemala, Nigeria, Rwanda, Vietnam
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
land use
local communities
Investments that reduce food loss and waste can deliver big wins on two pressing issues of our time: food security and environmental sustainability, according to a new World Bank report. But the results are not automatic -- countries need well-targeted solutions.
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Agroecological Entrepreneurship, Public Support, and Sustainable Development: The Case of Rural Yucatan (Mexico)

Volume 9 Issue 11

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2020
Mexico, United States of America
development
sustainable development
government
This paper offers an approach to Yucatecan social reality in terms of entrepreneurship and the process of creating companies dedicated to the production and/or commercialization of agroecological products, considering its contribution to sustainable rural development. The key actors’ perspective towards the existence of policies that favor land sustainability, assist in the development of rural areas and their population, and support these business initiatives is also presented.
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Assessment Method and Scale of Observation Influence Ecosystem Service Bundles

Volume 9 Issue 10

Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2020
Panama, Peru, United States of America
scale
assessment
The understanding of relationships between ecosystem services and the appropriate spatial scales for their analysis and characterization represent opportunities for sustainable land management. Bundles have appeared as an integrated method to assess and visualize consistent associations among multiple ecosystem services. Most of the bundle assessments focused on a static framework at a specific spatial scale.
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Changes in the Function of Allotment Gardens in an Attractive Location Based on the Example of Tri-City in Poland

Volume 9 Issue 11

Peer-reviewed publication
November, 2020
Central African Republic, Guatemala, United States of America, Philippines, Eastern Europe, Poland, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany
land
research
Allotment gardens are quite common in many European countries. In particular, they are an important part of the urban space in Central and Eastern Europe. They served to improve the inhabitants’ physical and mental well-being during the communist period and relieved the family budget thanks to their own crops. The article analyzes the functioning of allotment gardens in Poland based on the example of the Tri-City, with particular emphasis on allotment gardens in a prestigious, attractive location.
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Characterizing Urban Expansion Combining Concentric-Ring and Grid-Based Analysis for Latin American Cities

Land

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2021
Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina
Urban Tenure
urban land
Spatio-temporal characterization of urban expansion is the first step towards understanding how cities grow in space. We summarize two approaches used in urban expansion measurement, namely, concentric-ring analysis and grid-based analysis. Concentric-ring analysis divides urban areas into a series of rings, which is used to quantify the distance decay of urban elements from city centers. Grid-based analysis partitions a city into regular grids that are used to interpret local dynamics of urban growth.
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Community Development through the Empowerment of Indigenous Women in Cuetzalan Del Progreso, Mexico

Volume 9 Issue 5

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2020
Mexico, Norway, United States of America
Land & Gender
development
women
Women are an underappreciated economic force who, when empowered by association with a female organization, can be a catalyst for development. To assess the status of Indigenous rural women, as well as the mechanisms and impacts of their empowerment, this paper presents a case study of a community development approach based on the Masehual Siuamej Mosenyolchicacauani organization in Cuetzalan del Progreso, Puebla.
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Community-Led Green Land Acquisition: Social Innovative Initiatives for Forest Protection and Regional Development

Volume 9 Issue 4

Peer-reviewed publication
April, 2020
Costa Rica
development
land grabbing
Land acquisition often involves power and displacement and can be carried out on a large scale. There are many forms of land acquisition, including for environmental and conservation purposes as well as for production activities. While green grabbing has joined land grabbing as an environmental justice issue of concern, it is not necessarily the case that all green land acquisition is large scale, done by powerful outsiders, or leads to displacement and exclusion.