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Dynamique spatio-temporelle de l’occupation du sol dans les carrières de phosphates au sud-est du Togo

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2018
Togo
geographical information systems
deforestation
agroforestry systems
mining
extractive industries
L’homme à travers ses actions dénature fortement l’occupation des sols engendrant une modification du milieu naturel. Cet impact rend la nécessité de fournir aux décideurs des cartes d’occupations des sols et des informations relatives à leur état et dynamique. C’est dans cette optique qu’une étude de l’occupation des sols a été conduite dans les carrières de phosphates au sud-est du Togo. Cette recherche vise à analyser la dynamique spatiale de l’occupation du sol dans ces carrières.
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The Future of Open Data

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2022
Global
geographical information systems
land stakeholders
government
local communities
open data
The Future of Open Data flows from a multi-year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant project that set out to explore open government geospatial data from an interdisciplinary perspective. Researchers on the grant adopted a critical social science perspective grounded in the imperative that the research should be relevant to government and civil society partners in the field.
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Plural Valuation of Land and Insights for Achieving Sustainable Outcomes in Large-Scale Land Acquisition Projects:

The Case of EcoEnergy Project in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2021
Tanzania
Land & Investments
scale
land acquisitions
land investments
land valuation
Large-scale land acquisition projects by foreign investors, also known as “land grabbing,” raise difficult questions about the processes of valuing land in Sub-Saharan Africa that the current literature does not sufficiently explore. Land acquisitions can help developing countries like Tanzania achieve their economic and development goals. Nonetheless, it can also threaten local livelihoods and well-being due to displacement, lack of access to natural capital, and conflicts between land users.
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Reflections on the limited impact of the VGGT in Sub-Saharan Africa and opportunities for its future with lessons from Nigeria and Sierra Leone

Journal Articles & Books
February, 2022
Africa, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Global
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
VGGT
scale
land investments
The reality that significant improvements in security of tenure at scale in rural Africa are still needed nearly a decade after the adoption of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land;Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) suggests a need to explore its limitations and consider what it would take to realize its objectives. The article documents significant impacts of the VGGT reform processes and highlights illustrative or “one-off” results.
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A Resource Book on Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) for Land Rights Advocates (Volume 2)

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Asia, South-Eastern Asia
geographical information systems
sustainable land use
land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
local communities
This guide (volume 2) aims to equip land rights advocates, development practitioners and stallholder farmers and indigenous people’s communities with the necessary knowledge, attitude, and skills on Community Mapping and Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS). It focuses on data collection, database management, data processing, and analysis for the production of digital maps useful in advancing the land rights agenda of rural communities, particularly indigenous communities and smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia.
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A Resource Book on Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) for Land Rights Advocates (Volume 1)

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2018
Asia, South-Eastern Asia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
geographical information systems
indigenous peoples' lands
land rights
This guide (volume 1) aims to equip land rights advocates, development practitioners and stallholder farmers and indigenous people’s communities with the necessary knowledge, attitude, and skills on Community Mapping and Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS). It focuses on data collection, database management, data processing, and analysis for the production of digital maps useful in advancing the land rights agenda of rural communities, particularly indigenous communities and smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia.
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Where Do I Allocate My Urban Allotment Gardens? Development of a Site Selection Tool for Three Cities in Benin

Volume 10 Issue 3

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2021
Benin, Africa
Urban Tenure
development
geographical information systems
land-use planning
urban areas
urban planning
In the context of rapid urbanization, poorer residents in cities across low- and middle-income countries increasingly experience food and nutrition deficiencies. The United Nations has highlighted urban agriculture (UA) as a viable solution to food insecurity, by empowering the urban poor to produce their own fresh foods and make some profit from surplus production. Despite its potential role in reducing poverty and food insecurity, there appears to be little political will to support urban agriculture.
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Agricultural Land Use Change in Chongqing and the Policy Rationale behind It: A Multiscale Perspective

Volume 10 Issue 3

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2021
China
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land policies
land use
land use change
scale
Agricultural land resources have been the central issue for the Chinese government in its attempts to secure food and agricultural sustainability. Yet strict land use control does not protect the agricultural land from erosion by urban expansion. Identifying the specific patterns and mechanisms of the agricultural land conversion, thus, is critical for land management and related decision making.
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Simulation of Gross Primary Productivity Using Multiple Light Use Efficiency Models

Volume 10 Issue 3

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2021
Austria
geographical information systems
Gross primary productivity (GPP) is the most basic variable in a carbon cycle study that determines the carbon that enters the ecosystem. The remote sensing-based light use efficiency (LUE) model is one of the primary tools that is currently used to estimate the GPP at the regional scale. Many remote sensing-based GPP models have been developed in the last several decades, and these models have been well evaluated at some sites.
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Appropriate Management Scale of Farmland and Regional Differences under Different Objectives in Shaanxi Province, China

Volume 10 Issue 3

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2021
China, Russia, United States of America
farmland
scale
Agricultural development is facing two problems: insufficient grain production and low profit of farmers. There is a contradiction between the government’s goal of increasing production and the farmer’s goal of increasing profit. Exploring the appropriate management scale of farmland under different objectives is of great significance to alleviate the conflict of interests between the government and farmers.