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Improving Governance of Tenure in Policy and Practice: A Conceptual Basis to Analyze Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Multi-Stakeholder Transformative Governance Illustrated with an Example from South Africa

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Peer-reviewed publication
december, 2019
South Africa

Tenure governance is a complex and multi-dimensional issue that requires cross-sectoral and holistic approaches, gathering the resources, information and expert skills of a variety of actors while exploring innovative, polycentric multi-stakeholder governance arrangements to address collective action challenges.

Industrialization and Urbanization in Turkey at the beginning of the 20th Century

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Journal Articles & Books
december, 2019
Turkey

The starting point of this study is the fact that every production system entails a specific spatial organization and changes its physical environment This research is an attempt to understand the industrialization period of Turkeys Early Republican Period 1930s and the spatial effects of the new production system Right after the Turkish War of Independence The Republican Government of Turkey h

The Spatial Transformation of the River Waterfront through Three Historical Periods: A Case Study of Belgrade

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Journal Articles & Books
december, 2019
Global

Urban renewal of the coastal area has regained importance in recent years The main problem with the citys coastal area is often the insufficient utilization of its potential The paper analyzes the process of urbanization and treatment of the waterfront through the three historical periods 1 traditional city 2 during Modernism and 3 contemporary urbanism Belgrade is chosen as a case study becaus

Revitalization and Adaptive Re-use in Cappadocia: A Taxonomy of Creative Design Solutions for Uchisar Boutique Hotels

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Journal Articles & Books
december, 2019
Global

The architecture without an architect in Cappadocia has always been fairy due to its volcanic stone formations and transforming silhouettes In 1973 French architect Jack Avizou highlighted the essence of cave houses as vernacular building types and their potentials for local tourism beyond conventional notions of architectural heritage Upon completing the restoration of cave houses in Uhisar an

Compliance with Planning Standards Related to the Setbacks around Domestic Buildings: Empirical Evidence from Kenya

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Journal Articles & Books
december, 2019
Kenya

This study investigates the extent to which planning standards that regulate the setbacks around domestic buildings are complied with by developers in Kenya a case study of Kisii Town Using proportional random sampling targeting seven neighbourhoods a sample of 364 was drawn from the target population of 7430 developments While checklists were used to collect data on the extent of compliance wi

Effect of integrated land management, slope position and land-use type on soil physicochemical properties, discharge, species richness and carbon stock in Geda watershed, north Shewa Ethiopia

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december, 2019
Ethiopia

Watershed based integrated land management is a recent approach to curb land degradation in Ethiopia and introduced in 2012 in Geda watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia. However, the impacts of the interventions on indicators of some ecosystem services were not assessed.

Adapting Green Innovation Centres to climate change: analysis of value chain adaptation potential. Maize, rice, potato, and cassava value chains in Oyo, Ogun, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Kano, and Kaduna states, Nigeria

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december, 2019
Nigeria

The present report aims to provide a climate and vulnerability analysis of the Green Innovation Centres (GIC) target commodity value chains. Herein we identify climate change- related vulnerabilities, hazards, and opportunities for adaptation to the same.

The Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Intensification

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december, 2019
Global

Agricultural intensification is necessary to meet growing global food demand, but it has potential environmental costs. Some activities associated with intensification, including increased use of fertilizer and other chemical inputs, are documented to have direct negative impacts on air and water quality, soil fertility, and other parts of the ecosystem.

Rangeland ecology

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december, 2019
Kenya

Rangelands research in arid and semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa has been reinvigorated by renewed government and donor interest in pastoral livelihoods. The challenges facing productive rangelands remain competition over resources, which has been exacerbated by armed conflict; overuse of some rangelands as fragmentation continues; and the failure of many technical and governance interventions.

Adapting Green Innovation Centres to climate change: analysis of value chain adaptation potential. Maize and rice value chains in the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Eastern and Volta regions, Ghana

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december, 2019
Ghana

The present report aims to provide a climate and vulnerability analysis of the Green Innovation Centres (GIC) target commodity value chains. Herein we identify climate change- related vulnerabilities, hazards, and opportunities for adaptation to the same.

Adapting Green Innovation Centres to climate change: analysis of value chain adaptation potential. Milk and sweet potato value chains in Bungoma, Kakamega, Siaya, and Nyandarua Counties, Kenya

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december, 2019
Kenya

The present report aims to provide a climate and vulnerability analysis of the Green Innovation Centres (GIC) target commodity value chains. Herein we identify climate change- related vulnerabilities, hazards, and opportunities for adaptation to the same.

CRP 2020 Reviews: Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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december, 2019
Global

In 2020 the CGIAR CAS Secretariat is conducting independent reviews of the 12 CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs), including this one of PIM. The reviews will provide information on quality of science and effectiveness in each CRP. This review covers the Phase II years of 2017 through 2019, with a view to identifying lessons for future research modalities.