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   Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in urbanising contexts

   Journal Articles & Books

   December, 2018

   India

   Urban Tenure

   Land & Food Security

   food security

   sustainable development

   urbanization

   poverty

   agriculture

   urban areas
2. Library Resource

   

   A review of trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in East Africa

   Journal Articles & Books

   June, 2018

   Urban Tenure

   Land & Food Security

   food security

   capacity development

   farmers

   natural resources management

   water management

   land tenure

   urbanization

   land management

   poverty

   Smallholder irrigation expansion would signi cantly increase agricultural production, and reduce food insecurity and poverty levels in East Africa. This paper reviews literature on trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in four East African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Irrigation development has been slow in these countries, and has been mainly through traditional schemes.

3. Library Resource

   

   Espaços de Resistência:

   Dinâmincas Urbanas de concepção do espaço público na cidade do Recife

   Journal Articles & Books

   November, 2018

   Latin America and the Caribbean, South America, Brazil

   Urban Tenure

   displacement

   dispossession

   disturbance

   expropriation

   land dispute

   local communities

   poverty

   urban areas

   urban population

   urbanization

   O presente artigo tem como objetivo discutir as dinâmicas de concepção do espaço urbano contemporâneo, visto como espaço social, produzido e reproduzido em conexão com as relações políticas e econômicas presentes no processo de implementação do Parque Dona Lindu no Recife (estudo de caso), discussão essa construída a partir dos discursos de alguns representantes do poder público e da sociedade civil, no período de 2003 a 2011.