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The Right to Land: To Whom Belongs after a Reconciliation Law in Egypt

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2022
Egypt
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary land rights
land access
land acquisitions
land administration
land conflicts
land governance
land information systems
land investments
land law
land management
land ownership
land policies
land reform
land register
land registration
land rights
land tenure
land titling
land-use planning
tenure security
urban land
A revolutionary book by De Soto to formalize land tenure by changing dead capital to life capital has become the trademark in Egypt of issuing a temporary reconciliation law of 2019 and its amendment to approve a legal certificate to the violators against a certain fee The question is does this law legalize informal housing Is it enough to introduce a legal certificate to secure land tenure for the violators How would this law apply on the ground Depending on the deductive methodology this paper traces sociotechnical transitions concerning legalizing the status quo of buildingland tenure se
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Re-visiting the Park: Reviving the “Cultural Park for Children” in Sayyeda Zeinab in the shadows of Social Sustainability

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2019
Global
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
expropriation
This paper aims to question the level of success of one of Egypts contemporary architectural milestones which is the AgaKhan Awardwinning project of the Child Park in Sayyeda Zeinab designed by the Egyptian architect AbdelHalim Ibrahim from a community participation perspective Stemming from the fact that the level of successful community participation in architecture and urban design projects affects the sustainability of the added value this paper tackles the current process of operation of the Park and the adjacent pedestrian street as complementary aspects of a community participatory
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Empowering the urban poor through participatory planning process: a case from Jhenaidah, Bangladesh

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2019
Bangladesh
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Urban Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community land rights
land loans
The paper analyses a community development project based in Jhenaidah Bangladesh which evolved through broadening social capital among slum communities and formal institutions in order to bring positive sociospatial changes in the neighborhoods Till date nine disadvantaged communities have formed a network for citywide community development have started to build and manage their own funds built better houses for themselves and through this process have managed to draw attention and support from the local government The positive impacts brought with the project were a result of a continuous
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Global Climate Risk Index 2020

Who Suffers Most from Extreme Weather Events?

Reports & Research
December, 2019
Global
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land, Climate Change & Environment
environment
climate change
indigenous peoples' lands
informal settlements
local communities
The Global Climate Risk Index 2020 analyses to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heatwaves etc.). The most recent data available— for 2018 and from 1999 to 2018 —were taken into account. The countries and territories affected most in 2018 were Japan, the Philippines as well as Germany. For the period from 1999 to 2018 Puerto Rico, Myanmar and Haiti rank highest.
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Impact of Insecure Land Tenure on Sustainable Agricultural Development: A Case Study of Agricultural Lands in the Republic of Benin, West Africa

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2022
Benin
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
tenure security
This study assesses the impact of insecure land tenure on sustainable agricultural development in Africa to demonstrate how the economic profitability of agriculture strongly depends on land tenure security. The Republic of Benin is used as the case study following the country’s recent enactment of land law 2013-01 that focuses on reorganizing the land sector, which has suffered from inappropriate management since the colonial era.
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Anthropogenic Land Use Change and Adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2022
Global
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
tenure security
Compelling evidence in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) shows that Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) has a positive impact on agricultural productivity. However, the uptake of CSA remains low, which is related to anthropogenic, or human-related, decisions about CSA and agricultural land use. This paper assesses households’ decisions to allocate agricultural land to CSA technologies across space and over time. We use the state-contingent theory, mixed methods, and mixed data sources. While agricultural land is increasing, forest land is decreasing across countries in SSA.
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Can Africa Serve Europe with Hydrogen Energy from Its Renewables?—Assessing the Economics of Shipping Hydrogen and Hydrogen Carriers to Europe from Different Parts of the Continent

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2023
Germany
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
urban land
There exists no single optimal way for transporting hydrogen and other hydrogen carriers from one port to the other globally. Its delivery depends on several factors such as the quantity, distance, economics, and the availability of the required infrastructure for its transportation. Europe has a strategy to invest in the production of green hydrogen in Africa to meet its needs.
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Can Africa Serve Europe with Hydrogen Energy from Its Renewables?—Assessing the Economics of Shipping Hydrogen and Hydrogen Carriers to Europe from Different Parts of the Continent

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2023
Germany
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
urban land
There exists no single optimal way for transporting hydrogen and other hydrogen carriers from one port to the other globally. Its delivery depends on several factors such as the quantity, distance, economics, and the availability of the required infrastructure for its transportation. Europe has a strategy to invest in the production of green hydrogen in Africa to meet its needs.
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Land Reforms and the Tragedy of the Anticommons—A Case Study from Cambodia

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2012
Cambodia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land titling
Most of the land reforms of recent decades have followed an approach of “formalization and capitalization” of individual land titles (de Soto 2000). However, within the privatization agenda, benefits of unimproved land (such as land rents and value capture) are reaped privately by well-organized actors, whereas the costs of valorization (e.g., infrastructure) or opportunity costs of land use changes are shifted onto poorly organized groups. Consequences of capitalization and formalization include rent seeking and land grabbing.
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Malaysia’s Forest Pledges and The Bornean State of Sarawak: A Policy Perspective

Sustainability

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2023
Malaysia
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land-use planning
Malaysia deforested 6.3 million hectares since independence; 91% of which occurred before Malaysia pledged, at the Earth Summit in 1992, to maintain a minimum 50% of its terrestrial area under forest cover. However, under economic and population pressure, Sarawak—the largest contributing state to the country’s current forest cover of 54.8%—shows continuing deforestation even after 1992.