Cities and Urban Areas play a crucial role as engines of development as well as centers of connectivity, creativity, innovation, and as service hubs for the surrounding areas. Kenya has experienced unprecedented urban growth. At independence the urban population was about 8%. This had grown to be about 40% by 2015. It is projected that by year 2030 at least half of the Kenyan population will be urbanized. The rapid rate of urbanization exerts increased pressure on authorities to meet the needs of growing urban populations.

Today, more than half the world’s population lives in cities. By 2030, it is projected that 6 in 10 people will be urban dwellers. By 2050, the figure will have risen to 6.5 billion people; representing two-thirds of all civilization. Taking into account the increasing rural to urban migration and the rapid growth of cities in the developing world, it is clear that cities face a myriad of problems that may hinder planned growth and development.

In Afghanistan, insecurity over land and water rights hampers investments in food production and irrigation. In rural areas, customary tenure systems, partly based on religious law, are the most relevant but suffer from weak recognition and offer little protection to rights holders. The land policy reform is on-going but remains slow. Moreover, land administration capacity is weak and improvements mostly take place in urban areas. In this context, land disputes are common and often violent.

Den Begriff des Urbanen in Auseinandersetzung mit dem Suburbanen zu bestimmen, ist horizonterweiternd. Nicht, dass er nach der Lektüre von Suburban Constellations an Schärfe gewonnen hätte, wohl aber hat sich meine Aufmerksamkeit für scheinbar banale Phänomene außerhalb der Stadt geschärft. Neu ist die enorme Bandbreite suburbaner Fallstudien aus dem ‚Globalen Norden‘ und dem ‚Globalen Süden‘, die hier versammelt werden.

The adoption of Agenda 2063 at the continental level, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level, requires a high level of collection and collation of quality, timely, reliable and dis-aggregated data at all levels of the development process, including land, to inform decisions, enable all stakeholders to track progress and make the necessary adjustments to ensure transparency and mutual accountability in the continent and globally.

This Order sets forth the procedure for normative monetary valuation of urban land. The information base for normative monetary valuation of urban land shall be the general land-use planning schemes of urban areas, territorial zoning schemes and detailed plans of territories, information of the State Land Cadastre, land inventory data and state statistical reporting.

La presente Ley establece las normas básicas e instrumentos de gestión de observancia general, para ordenar el uso del territorio y los asentamientos humanos en el país, con pleno respeto a los derechos humanos, así como el cumplimiento de las obligaciones que tiene el Estado para promoverlos, respetarlos, protegerlos y garantizarlos plenamente. La Ley regula la concurrencia de la Federación, de las entidades federativas, los municipios y las Demarcaciones Territoriales para la planeación, ordenación y regulación de los asentamientos humanos en el territorio nacional.

Le présent décret modifie diverses dispositions, résultant de la recodification du livre Ier du code de l'urbanisme.Le décret s'inscrit dans le prolongement de l'ordonnance n° 2015-1174 du 23 septembre 2015 et du décret n° 2015-1783 du 28 décembre 2015 qui ont emporté nouvelle codification du livre Ier du code de l'urbanisme.

Los comuneros de Tola Chica, en Ecuador, resisten varios intentos de quitarles su tierra, pero esta lucha no impide que continúen con procesos internos de cohesión en los que la fiesta anual juega un papel importante.

Article 2 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Territorial land-use planning scheme shall contain provisions related to territorial planning and mapping of objects intended for location at regional and inter-municipal levels”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 1-RZ “On composition and elaboration of regional land-use planning scheme”. (2015-06-04)

En esta publicación se hace un resumen de cómo el Gobierno de Reconciliación y Unidad Nacional valoró muy bien la iniciativa de agricultura urbana y periurbana y el 14 de mayo del 2012 retoma la idea del proyecto, lo renombra y lo lanza como programa público denominado “Programa Solidario Patio Saludable”. Aquí se dan a conocer las metas del programa y algunos aspectos de importancia de dicha política.