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Economic Diversification and the Urban Image; Changing the Narrative on Street Vending

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2019
Nigeria
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
land deals
land investments
land law
land loans
land ownership
land productivity
Street vending is a dynamic phenomenon of network of events socioeconomic and cultural factors while remaining a narration of place At the metropolitan level the narrative is negatively skewed towards street vending and its aesthetic reality contemporaneously exploring hostile environmental interventions within the informal sector This paper attempted to explore a counternarrative asking based on aesthetic experience can the desired urban image to be achieved by allowing street vendors proliferate in public spaces This question was asked within the scope of the politicaleconomy of diversifi
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Property and Thomas Piketty: Casting the Lens of Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-first Century on Inequality in the Urban Built Environment

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2018
Global
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
Land & Food Security
community land rights
land acquisitions
land conflicts
land deals
land investments
land ownership
land productivity
urban land
Currently there exists a disturbing urban problem exemplified by the excessive luxury apartments and glamorous office towers being built in cities around the world in the face of the increasing unaffordability of housing and lowcost work trade or craft space Seeking to address this complex problem this paper proposes a theoretical framework that uniquely addresses both the capitalist economic structure that drives the development process and the Marxistbased urban theory by which the socioeconomic outcomes are currently evaluated This framework takes as its metatheory the approach of Thomas
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Revitalizing Urban Governance: Integrating Smart Growth and Decolonial Perspectives for Municipal Empowerment in Shaping Growth Across Egyptian Desert Landscapes

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2023
Egypt
Urban Tenure
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
community land rights
concession (land)
indigenous peoples' lands
land access
land administration
land conflicts
land governance
land information systems
land law
land management
land ownership
land policies
land productivity
land rights
land-use planning
urban land
This article explores the connection between Smart Growth and the decolonization of urban growth management in Egypt examining the impact of former colonial influence on present urban policy and practices Drawing insights from the urbanization of Egyptian desert areas before and after the New Urban Communities Program NUCP it scrutinizes how historical influences adversely affect contemporary approaches inducing socioeconomic impacts The primary objective is to identify the root causes of misguided urban growth management practices arguing that monoinstitutional and sectoral development is
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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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Stratégie foncière et immobilière au Maroc, recomposition territoriale et rapport à la production du logement «abordable» Quelles perspectives pour Agadir?

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2021
Morocco
Urban Tenure
land use
land investments
housing rights
land stakeholders
A travers l’étude du cas d’Agadir, l’article est un essai prospectif sur le rapport des différentes stratégies foncières et immobilières au Maroc à la production du logement «abordable». Par une approche systémique, l’article interpele les stratégies d’usage foncier urbain comme ressource territoriale à la fois convoitée dans un système productiviste et pierre angulaire pour l’aménagement du territoire. Il questionne aussi, la position de la production du logement abordable dans le contexte de l’investissement immobilier actuel et la possibilité de son redressement.
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Narração de sofrimento de Comunidades reassentadas em Tete

Reports & Research
August, 2015
Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Mozambique
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
mining
disturbance
displacement
dispossession
families
local communities
Durante dois dias, um grupo de 23 camponeses, provenientes de oito aldeias dos distritos de Moaze e Marara, reuniram-se em Mwaladzi, para, em ambiente aberto, informal e parcipavo, parlharem estórias das suas vidas, em zonas de reassentamento ou afectadas por acvidades de mineração na Província de Tete. Através deste processo de auto- reconhecimento, a que denominamos de ʺnarração de sofrimentoʺ, as comunidades interpretam o seu percurso; dando-lhe sendo.
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Effets du développement et de la transformation de l’orpaillage sur les dynamiques foncières en Guinée

Reports & Research
December, 2023
Africa, Western Africa, Guinea
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
mining
land investments
foreign investment
extractive industries
En Guinée, la hausse du cours de l’or depuis les années 2000 a favorisé l’intensification des pratiques anciennes d’exploitation des ressources aurifères. À partir de 2010, l’activité artisanale se transforme, marquée par l’adoption de nouvelles techniques et par la mécanisation des pratiques d’extraction et de traitement du minerai. Depuis 2015, cette mécanisation évolue avec l’utilisation croissante d’engins lourds et le développement d’exploitation semi-industrielles.
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2019 Investment Climate Statements: Laos

Reports & Research
December, 2019
Laos
Forest Tenure
land governance
development
agricultural land management
land investments
land stakeholders
Laos, officially the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), is a rapidly growing developing economy at the heart of Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma, Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Vietnam. Laos’ economic growth over the last decade averaged just below eight percent, placing Laos amongst the fastest growing economies in the world.
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Environmental and Social Safeguards for Responsible Agricultural and Forestry Investments in Lao PDR (2023)

A Guide for Investors and RAI Practitioners (2023)

Manuals & Guidelines
June, 2023
Laos
Land & Gender
conflict of interest
forest land
agricultural land management
land investments
responsible investment
This guide aims to help investors identify the impacts and mitigation measures to minimize the impacts of the proposed investments in the agricultural and forestry sector in Laos. Further, the document provides guides on measures for environmental and social safeguards throughout the investment cycles.
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Land Leases and Concessions in the Lao PDR: A Characterization of Investments in Land and their Impacts, Based on field data of 2014-2017

Reports & Research
December, 2020
Asia, Laos
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
food security
mining
concession (land)
land investments
leaseholds
The management of land concessions and leases in the agriculture, tree plantation, hydropower and mining subsectors (referred to as land deals henceforth) is a crosscutting topic and involves a wide range of agencies of the Government of the Lao PDR (GoL) at various administrative levels, from the granting stage to the supervision and monitoring of progress and compliance.