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Mitigating Environmental Sustainability Challenges and Enhancing Health in Urban Communities: The Multi-functionality of Green Infrastructure

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2020
Nigeria
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
forest land
gender equity in access to land
land degradation
land-use planning
Green Infrastructure GI facilities have the capacity to enhance health and mitigate Environmental Sustainability Challenges ESC However the extent of the mitigation and health benefits is unclear in developing countries This study examined the impact of GI on ESC and Perceived Health PH of urban residents in Lagos Metropolis Nigeria Multistage sampling technique was used to select 1858 residents of Lagos Metropolis who completed semistructured questionnaires Descriptive statistics and chisquare test were used to explore data distributions and assess the association of the availability of GI
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Investigating Built Environment Indicators to Develop a Local Walkability Index

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2021
Egypt
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
gender equity in access to land
Many studies have been conducted over the last 20 years to determine and measure factors that affect the walkability of city streets Walkability is an essential factor in deciding whether a city is green or sustainable This paper creates a comprehensive walkability index by analysing built environmental indicators that affect walkability This research was conducted on mixed land use streets in Cairo Egypt combining the results from an online survey and a walkability assessment model developed by multicriteria decision analysis techniques The results were based on a threepillar approach star
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Exploring the Nexus between Political Risk and Financial Risk in the Balkan Countries: A Wavelet-Based NARDL Coherency analysis

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2022
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land investments
land law
land loans
land policies
land reform
The empirical investigation of which risk factorpolitical or financialis the optimal driver of country risk in emerging economies in the twentyfirst century has grown into a significant and volatile issue in recent decades This paper investigates the linkages between political risk and financial risk in four Balkan economies ie Greece Albania Bulgaria and Romania from 1984 Q3 to 2018 Q4 using nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag cointegration NARDL and wavelet coherence approaches As a result findings from the links between political risk and financial risk are being used to provide sig
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In Pursuit of Sustainable Strategic Long-term Planning Throughout Meta-postmodernism as New Perspective of Stylistic Design

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2017
Global
Urban Tenure
Forest Tenure
Land & Investments
Land, Climate Change & Environment
community land rights
gender equity in access to land
land access
land degradation
land governance
land information systems
land management
land rights
During the different period of architectural design designers attempt to achieve a high level of life quality for all users Architecture and urban planner want to provide a style of design which not only achieves different function for different users with respect to their ethnicity ability age sex capability position and lifestyle but also improve the friendly environment throughout responsive legislation based on longterm planning Although the styles are considered some indicators it is ignored the other important characteristics Therefore the existing styles never achieve the standard le
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IP women challenge the intersection of gender and land rights inequalities

Reports & Research
November, 2023
Madagascar
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity
climate change
indigenous peoples' lands
land rights
indigenous peoples' land rights
This case study highlights the vulnerability of women in Fiaferana, who are disadvantaged, first, by their gender and indigenous heritage, and second, by their lack of tenure security in the midst of climate change. However, the women of Fiaferana have met these overlapping challenges head-on through innovative and empowering strategies, including sustainable land use management.
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Insecure land rights for women threaten progress on gender equality and sustainable development

Reports & Research
July, 2017
Global
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
climate change
land rights
women
Driven by the urgency of a global rush for land and extracted resources and unprecedented urbanization, hastened by the growing impact of climate change and frequency of natural disasters, women have been at the center of human rights violations worldwide regarding their rights and access to land.
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Loss and Damage to Land: Voices from Asia Image

Reports & Research
July, 2023
Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
climate change
land degradation
land rights
Oxfam listened to women and men from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste who shared their stories on how the climate crisis caused loss and damage to their lands and impacted their lives.
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Grounding Women's Land Rights: Towards equity and climate justice

Reports & Research
September, 2023
Global
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
climate change
land rights
This policy paper reveals the urgent need for transformative change to secure equitable land rights for women and marginalized communities. By presenting recommendations for a broad spectrum of stakeholders and analysing macroeconomic factors through a feminist lens, we aim to stimulate discourse and drive forward a more equitable, sustainable future for all.
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The African People's Climate and Development Declaration 2023

Reports & Research
December, 2023
Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
climate change
indigenous peoples' lands
community land rights

Photo by UNDP Guinea,Forested Guinea is one of the most vulnerable regions in West Africa to climate change , (CC BY-ND 2.0 DEED)

From the 3rd to 6th September, 2023, we the people of the great lands across Africa, including people from social movements and civil society, trade unions, women, indigenous peoples, young people, men, people living with disabilities, media organisations, faith-based groups and many others, gathered in Nairobi, Kenya and committed to this declaration on African climate and development priorities and demands.
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Land Governance for Climate Resilience

A review and case studies from LAND-at-scale projects

Reports & Research
November, 2023
Africa, Mozambique, Uganda, South America, Colombia, Global
Land, Climate Change & Environment
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
land governance
food security
land-use planning
climate change
land use
natural resources
natural resources management
land rights
land conflicts
property rights
This report is a contribution of the knowledge management component of the LAND-at-scale programme (LAS) which is funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and implemented by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland - RVO). LAND-at-scale is a seven-year programme (2019-2026), that aims to contribute to fair and just tenure security, access to land and natural resources for all.