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Dynamique centrifuge du maraîchage périurbain de Lomé (Togo) en réponse à la pression foncière

Peri-urban market gardening centrifugal dynamics in Lomé (Togo) in response to land pressure

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2017
Togo
urbanization
periurban areas
land conflicts
Cette étude, menée à l’est de la ville de Lomé (capitale et plus grande ville du Togo), met en évidence la dynamique spatiale des cultures maraîchères en réponse à la pression foncière. Des images satellitaires TerraMetrics des archives Google Earth des années 2002, 2008 et 2014 ont été retenues pour l’analyse de l’évolution des périmètres maraîchers. Une enquête de terrain fondée sur des questionnaires semi-structurés a été menée pour identifier les stratégies des maraîchers. Les coordonnées géographiques des points d’observation ont été relevées à l’aide d’un capteur GPS.
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Landscapes of West Africa

A Window on a Changing World

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Western Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
urbanization
environment
climate change
deforestation
land cover change
land use change
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Urbanisation, land and property rights. The need to refocus attention

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Ghana, Tanzania, Sub-Saharan Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Urban Tenure
land governance
land management
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure systems
periurban areas
The report’s findings suggest that policies and programmes of governments and the development partners could include a stronger focus on the development of peri-urban areas and smaller cities and towns. The rapid pace of change in peri-urban areas throws into relief any underlying issues in land tenure arrangements, land administration/planning and governance, such as overlapping mandates, conflicts in tenure systems, weak land administration/planning capacity and wider political economy issues that can block positive reforms.
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End of Desertification? Disputing Environmental Change in the Drylands

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Argentina, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, China, Cameroon, Algeria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Central Asia
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
climate change
conflicts
desertification
drylands
geographical information systems
land policies
It took scientists more than three decades to transform a perceived desertification crisis in the Sahel into a non-event. Looking beyond the Sahel, the chapters in this book provide case studies from around the world that examine the use and relevance of the desertification concept.
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Land ownership versus development in the era of globalisation : a trajectory of conflict and wealth accumulation in Southern Nigeria

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Nigeria
Urban Tenure
development
land policies
land
land use
land acquisitions
land governance
urban areas
land ownership
This study investigates the attendant effect of unregulated land acquisition by governments and investment partners, forceful dispossession and displacement of individuals and communities in the era of globalization and wealth creation by increasingly capitalist regimes in southern Nigeria. The investigation of the trajectory of wealth and conflict resulting from this phenomenon is the key focus of this research.
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Land ownership versus development in the era of globalisation: a trajectory of conflict and wealth accumulation in Southern Nigeria

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Nigeria
development
land
land ownership
This study investigates the attendant effect of unregulated land acquisition by governments and investment partners, forceful dispossession and displacement of individuals and communities in the era of globalisation and wealth creation by increasingly capitalist regimes in southern Nigeria. The investigation of the trajectory of wealth and conflict resulting from this phenomenon is the key focus of this research.
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Drivers and outcomes of changing land use in parkland agroforestry systems of central Burkina Faso

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Burkina Faso, Middle Africa
Forest Tenure
forest land
land reform
agriculture
land management
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Poverty and Environmental Degradation in Southern Burkina Faso: An Assessment Based on Participatory Methods

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Burkina Faso, Western Africa
Forest Tenure
forest land
land management
poverty
land tenure
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Widow's Cry (Pakorpa Susangho)

Videos
December, 2016
Western Africa, Ghana
Land & Corruption
Land & Gender
gender equity in access to land
local communities
poverty
women
Pakorpa Susangho’ (Widow’s Cry) is an exploration of how corruption impacts on widows in the Upper East region of Ghana. This participatory video was devised and shot by ten widows from Kulbia, on the outskirts of Bolgatanga, using cutting-edge production techniques and equipment (including iPads as powerful video cameras). The filmmakers, whose ages range from 29 to 60, lack any formal education yet learned to operate the equipment with confidence and skill during a series of participatory video workshops packed with fun games and exercises.
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Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936).

Legislation
December, 2016
Ghana
land-use planning
land governance
This Act provides with respect to local government and selected matters of local development and planning in Ghana. It, among other things, provides for the creation of district assemblies, metropolitan assemblies, district planning authorities, the Local Government Service, the District Assemblies Common Fund, Regional Co-ordinating Councils, and the Inter-Ministerial Co-ordinating Committee on Decentralisation. For purposes of Local governance, the districts in existence immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue to exist.