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The Rise of Crime in Affordable Housing in Suburbs, Case of Iran

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2019
Global
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
land conflicts
land law
land policies
land reform
land rights
Housing is one of the fundamental needs for human to respond their primary needs such as food rest cleaning and having family in other words everything that related to the needs of body and soul of a human Nowadays by increasing the population in the world the suitable shelter becomes a real problem In the point of economic also the prices of the houses increase too much so it is not affordable for lowincome people to have shelter easily After the revolution in Iran country there is huge immigration from the rural part to metropolitan areas Most of these peoples belong to a lowincome family
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A Discussion on Affordable Housing Projects; Case Study Mehr Housing, Iran

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2018
Global
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
land access
land administration
land loans
land ownership
land policies
land reform
land rights
Housing is one of the basic needs of humans Families in different countries with various cultures who have different lifestyles respond to their individual needs including physical and mental in a safe place that is called house The world population is increasing day by day In parallel to this population growth housing demand increases rapidly Iran is also a country which has a rapid population growth and has developed a series of policies to solve the housing problems Affordable housing is one of solution for providing the house by governments These type of houses is the ways to answer the
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Revitalization Approaches to Maximize Heritage Urban DNA Characteristics in Declined Cities: Foah City as a Case Study

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2023
Egypt
Urban Tenure
land administration
land conflicts
land policies
land reform
urban land
Revitalization is an important process in action area planning especially in the heritage sites located within urban area contexts Varied techniques and tools of revitalization are applied at various spatial levels some are suitable for the urban scope and others suit the architectural building scope Urban DNA is a term used academically to reflect social economic and urban characteristics but has a different interpretation that depends on the spatial scale and context In action areas urban DNA refers to the essential visual social economic and physical characteristics that preserve the vit
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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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Liveability Dimensions in New Town Developments: An Overview of Senri New Town and Purbachal New Town

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2021
Global
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
forest land
land access
land information systems
land policies
land reform
Since the 1960s new town developments within large metropolises have been widely adopted to decongest the city centres especially in Asian cities This paper provides a brief account of the liveability dimensions of two new townships developed in large metropolitan areas Senri New Town in Osaka and Purbachal New Town in Dhaka The study primarily draws on master plans of the two developments to identify how the components of the plans reflect the physical social functional and safety dimensions of a proposed liveability framework The methodology combines a review of masters plans with scholar
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Community Participation in Decision Making Processes in Urban Planning: The Case of Kaunas

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2021
Global
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
community land rights
land access
land administration
land governance
land investments
land law
land management
land policies
land reform
land rights
Participation in decisionmaking processes foreshadows enabling citizens communities nongovernmental organizations and other interested parties to influence the formulation of policies and laws affecting them The purpose of this study is not only to review Lithuanian legal documents but also to analyse recent processes in Kaunas city planning Kaunas city is undergoing various urban processes which do not always meet the needs of the community This study presents an analysis of the forms of community involvement in the urban planning processes and survey data on the effectiveness of community
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The Role of Changing Housing Policies in Housing Affordability and Accessibility in Developing Countries: The Case of Kenya.

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2020
Kenya
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
Land & Food Security
community land rights
land access
land administration
land conflicts
land governance
land information systems
land investments
land management
land ownership
land policies
land productivity
land reform
land rights
land tenure
land-use planning
tenure security
Rapid urbanization has led to the influx of people into urban areas as people seek better life opportunities This migration has however largely not been planned resulting in population explosions in the cities Relying on existing research on the topic and government reports this study finds that many middle and lowincome families in Kenya have ended up living in informal settlements in urban areas due to housing unaffordability The study further determines that the problem of housing is more pronounced in developing countries Studies related to this issue establish that the housing crisis c
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Peri-Urban Pressures: The Interplay of Land Strategies and Urbanization in Algeria’s Oran Metropolis

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2023
Algeria
Urban Tenure
community land rights
land access
land acquisitions
land administration
land conflicts
land governance
land information systems
land law
land management
land ownership
land policies
land reform
land rights
land tenure
tenure security
urban land
In contemporary times the worldwide trend of urban expansion has become an inexorable force This article engages in a comprehensive examination of the intricate dynamics surrounding urban sprawl and land utilization within the periurban regions of significant Algerian municipalities with a specific focus on the city of Oran Employing a methodology rooted in social geography this study deploys a trio of investigative approaches documentary analysis spatiotemporal scrutiny of periurban domains and insitu field investigations to shed light on the intricate intricacies of land ownership dynamic
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Land Professionals in the Arab region. Roles, capacities and contribution to land governance and land tenure security

Reports & Research
May, 2023
Global
land administration
land policies
land reform
land tenure systems
land stakeholders
A functioning land sector is foundational to peace and stability, sustainable development, economic growth, food security, environmental conservation and poverty reduction in the Arab region. Effective and fit-for-purpose land administration is an important precondition for the functioning of the land sector and the foundation for good land governance.
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LAND-at-scale Mali

Boosting local capacity to manage land conflict and protect customary rights

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2021
Mali
Land & Food Security
Land Conflicts
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land governance
food security
land policies
land reform
customary law
climate change
sustainable land use
land conflicts
land dispute resolution
customary tenure
formal tenure
capacity development
government
pastoralists
women
This one-pager provides details on the LAND-at-scale project in Mali. This project is implemented by SNV, KIT, Université des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques de Bamako and Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes, and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Netherlands Enterprise & Development Agency.