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Land corruption risks in the green energy sector

Policy Papers & Briefs
октября, 2023
Global

Green energy (and/or renewable energy) requires large areas of land to operate, often more so than energy generated from fossil fuels. The acquisition of land comes with accompanying corruption risks which can lead to challenges such as land grabbing and illegal displacement of communities. To help mitigate corruption risks and their consequences, strong regulatory oversight and rigorous licensing requirements are needed, as well as transparency and community-based approaches to ownership of green energy projects.

 

Territoriality in Post-conflict Neighbourhoods: Unravelling the Dynamics of Territorial Marks in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Journal Articles & Books
декабря, 2022
Nigeria

The pervasiveness of territorial marks in postconflict neighbourhoods elicited this study Relying on residents perceptions the study explored the dynamics underpinning residents use of territorial marks Primary data was collected by administering questionnaires to residents of various neighbourhoods within the study area Physical observations were conducted to identify all residential neighbourhoods and categorised into three homogenous zones From each homogenous zone 30 neighbourhoods were purposively selected In total 2055 buildings were identified within these selected neighbourhoods The

Mapping Safety, Security and Walkability of Historical Public Open Spaces in Post-Conflict Libya: Tripoli as North African Case Study

Journal Articles & Books
декабря, 2022
Libya

North African cities have been undergoing major transformation over the past two decades following protracted instability civic uprising and conflicts changing their perception from havens to territories of displacements with social psychological and physical problems Historic public spaces in those cities in particular form a critical part of urban environments as they have the identity livelihoods and crosscommunity engagement in a healthy and fulfilling urban fabric and culture Whilst there have been several studies on the characteristics of open spaces in urban environments there is ver

Another Chance: Adaptive reuse of the built heritage strategies for circular creativity

Journal Articles & Books
декабря, 2022
Global

The study delves into the realm of adaptive reuse exploring its potential in sustainable urban development particularly focusing on public buildings within the cultural and creative sectors Through a multiple case study analysis both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed to scrutinize design strategies and spatial transformations in recent adaptive reuse projects of existing structures This research investigates the evolution of adaptive reuse highlighting its historical and theoretical underpinnings and subsequently examines contemporary approaches towards existing structures

Respecting the human rights of communities: a business guide for commercial wind and solar project deployment

Manuals & Guidelines
февраля, 2022
Global

This guide provides companies involved in wind and solar projects with information and strategies to identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for adverse human rights impacts that they cause, contribute to, or are directly linked to through their operations, products, or services, by virtue of their business relationships. It may also be useful for investors, business partners, government actors, civil society organizations, communities, and other stakeholders.

Respecting the human rights of communities: a legal risk primer for commercial wind and solar project deployment

Manuals & Guidelines
февраля, 2022
Global

This legal risk primer provides the general counsels and corporate legal teams of commercial wind and solar companies with an overview of the key legal risks that may arise from the above community-related human rights impacts. It is a companion to CCSI's business guide on the same topic.

Statutory lien: pre- and post- 2016 amendments to the Malaysian National Land Code

Peer-reviewed publication
декабря, 2021
Malaysia

This research is only confined to the scope of lien within the Peninsular Malaysia and not the States of Sabah and Sarawak which have their respective Sabah Land Ordinance and Sarawak Land Code. A future comparative study could be made amongst the legislations. The research output may be useful for the draftsman to clear up the ambiguity in the relevant provisions.

The Impact of Transit-Oriented Development on Fast-Urbanizing Cities: Applied analytical study on Greater Cairo Region

Journal Articles & Books
декабря, 2021
Egypt

Transportation has always been the backbone of development Transitoriented development TOD has been theorized piloted and expanded increasingly in the past few decades In this regard this paper investigates the relationship between urban development the transportation process and the required implementation guidelines within fasturbanizing cities such as Cairo After reviewing different related sustainable development theories the study investigates pioneering case studies that have applied TOD and provided adequate implementation frameworks The authors then extract and compare a set of requ

Mathematical Model Applied to Green Building Concept for Sustainable Cities Under Climate Change

Journal Articles & Books
декабря, 2021
Global

Recently the effect of greenhouse gases GHGs is worldwide terrified anxiety to the public and scholars Even this global problem is one of the great issues that continuously makes worrying the governments and environmentalists but its solution findings are not out of the image at all In this study we have proposed and analysed a mathematical model for the solvable management of GHGs by sowing the seeds of green building dynamic systems Moreover in the model the human community is used to enhance the production power of individuals of green buildings by absorbing the GHGs The model is analyse

Conference on Land Policy in Africa opens with calls for pro-poor land policies;equal access;and ownership

октября, 2021

Writers have guest-edited an African Studies Review forum on Understanding Land Deals in Limbo in Africa which examines the contentious politics of incomplete land grabs in Senegal;Tanzania and Zambia. These studies show that even when land deals are cancelled;stalled;downsized;transferred to new owners;or stay dormant and speculative for many years;they can still produce far-reaching consequences that often go unnoticed. The complex interplay of land governance;local political dynamics and capital’s own contradictions can push land deals in different and unexpected directions.