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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2017
    Global

    This contribution suggests how to identify and deal with ex-combatants in (un)peaceful post-war environments from a methodological perspective. While it is obvious that large-N studies or standardized interviews fall too short to depict post-war dynamics and related conflict risks, ethnographic methods face numerous challenges, too. First, the identification of and access to former combatants may prove to be difficult. Often being stigmatized or perceived as outlaws they may not wish to get in touch with ‘outsiders’, like academics.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    August, 2017
    Nigeria

    This article is a summary of the chapter by Marcus King, John O. Rankin Associate Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, in the new book, Water, Security and U.S. Foreign Policy. The book was produced by the World Wildlife Fund-US and edited by David Reed. The summary was prepared by Chelsea Spangler. 

  3. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    July, 2017

    Space agencies, international and national organisations and institutions recognize the importance of regularly updated and homogenized land cover information, in the context of both nomenclature and spatial resolution. Moreover, ensuring credibility to the users through validated products with transparent procedures is similarly of great importance. To this end, this study contributes with a systematic accuracy performance evaluation of continental and global land cover layers. Confidence levels during validation and a weighted accuracy assessment were designed and applied.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2017
    Mexico

    En el presente artículo se exponen algunas claves para comprender las dinámicas de urbanización promovidas por el neoliberalismo en la ciudad de Puebla, en la región centro de México, a partir del análisis de algunas políticas recientes, como las de 1) privatización del servicio de agua; 2) despojo de tierras y reordenamiento del territorio en la zona de Angelópolis para la construcción de nuevos desarrollos inmobiliarios y; 3) mercantilización del patrimonio del Centro Histórico en función del sector turismo.

  5. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    July, 2017
    Italy

    The Red Palm Weevil (RPW), after its accidental introduction in Italy in 2005, determined a progressive
    disruption of Canary palms mostly in the central and southern regions. As it is difficult to undertake the
    management of this pest, the possibility of substituting the killed/symptomatic palms with other ornamental
    trees has been recently discussed. In this context, understanding the citizens’ needs about green areas can
    improve the management of public parks and urban greening. Involving citizens on the natural resource

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2017
    Myanmar

    Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, is the major economic areas of the country. Also, the urban areas have significantly increased. However, Yangon has problems with disasters such as flood and earthquake. To support disaster risk management in Yangon, Myanmar, the estimation of urban expansion is required to understand the mechanism of urban expansion and predict urban areas in the future. This research proposed a methodology to develop urban expansion modeling based the dynamic statistical model using Landsat Time-Series and GeoEye Images.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2017

    The global ‘land grab’ debate is going urban and needs a specific conceptual framework to analyze the diverse modalities through which land commodification and speculation are transforming cities across the globe. This article identifies new avenues for research on urban land issues by drawing on an extensive body of academic literature and concrete cases of urban land transformations in Asia, Latin America and Africa.

  8. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    July, 2017

    The challenges associated with determining fair compensation for expropriated land have been extensively discussed and debated among scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and the public. However, to date, a comprehensive study of national-level compensation procedures established by law considering whether such procedures meet internationally recognized standards on compensation valuation has not been conducted. This article aims to bridge this gap by serving as a reference point and informing “fair compensation” debates among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2017
    Kenya

    Kenya’s land governance system is fashioned to facilitate land expropriation for the few and powerful who continue to resist reforms.


    This is despite the fact that the dynamics of land reform are driven by apprehensions of mischief associated with the history that explains why the National Land Commission was established with mandate, independent of the Executive.


    CAPITALISM

    From the British conquest, Kenya’s land governance system was never meant to be inclusionary and equitable.

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