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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Land Conflicts"”.
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Land rights and land conflicts in Kibaale since the colonial settlement
… why there has been persistent conflict over land in Africa, with reference to Kibaale district in western Uganda. The land conflicts, especially in post-colonial sub-Saharan Africa, are attributed to such factors as the colonial legacy which has contributed to unequal access and conflicting …
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Blood, Mud, and Money: Place and Public Land Conflicts in the Shawnee Hills
<p>This dissertation examines conflicts involving the use of public land for both extractive resources and recreational purposes in Southern Illinois from an anthropological perspective. These conflicts are examined in terms of place, western ideas of nature and culture, and the debate concerning …
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INDIGENOUS CONTESTATIONS OF SHIFTING PROPERTY REGIMES: LAND CONFLICTS AND THE NGOBE IN BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA
… in power affect indigenous groups’ access to land. Further, it explores the various means that indigenous populations use to legitimate their claims to land in a climate of shifting property regimes, when other differentially empowered claims to land may also be morally and/or legally …
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Three Essays on the Land Property Rights Reform in China
… includes three essays exploring topics to land property rights reform in China. In the first chapter, co-authored with Pinghan Liang, we examine the effect of decollectivization reform in rural China after 1978 on cultural public goods provision. A staggered difference-in-differences model …
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Three essays on Brazil's deforestation control policies and their potential effects: Conflicts, Compliance, and Secondary forest recovery
… The first chapter provides causal evidence that land registration abates conflicts in Pará. The chapter discusses policy implications in three discussions, prospective deforestation control, potential agricultural growth, and livelihoods promotion within CAR and its related policies. The results …
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Using ICT tools in managing customary land, demarcation, conflict and tenure data in Developing Countries: A case study of Zambia
Abstract – The high demand for customary land due to urban-rural migration has brought about domestic and international land boundary conflicts in Zambia. The unsuitable land demarcation mechanism and partial documentation of customary land parcels has contributed to the prevailing land disputes. …
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Using ICT tools in managing customary land, demarcation, conflict and tenure data in Developing Countries: A case study of Zambia
Abstract – The high demand for customary land due to urban-rural migration has brought about domestic and international land boundary conflicts in Zambia. The unsuitable land demarcation mechanism and partial documentation of customary land parcels has contributed to the prevailing land disputes. …
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Farmer-pastoralist conflicts in the Kilosa district of Tanzania: A qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives on causes, impacts and responses
… of, and responses to, the farmer-pastoralist conflicts. The study is primarily a response to the broader stakeholder concerns surrounding the farmer-pastoralist conflicts in the Kilosa district of Tanzania. The interdisciplinary approach and, more importantly, the environmental security and …
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Farmer-pastoralist conflicts in the Kilosa district of Tanzania: A qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives on causes, impacts and responses
… of, and responses to, the farmer-pastoralist conflicts. The study is primarily a response to the broader stakeholder concerns surrounding the farmer-pastoralist conflicts in the Kilosa district of Tanzania. The interdisciplinary approach and, more importantly, the environmental security and …
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Farmer-pastoralist conflicts in the Kilosa district of Tanzania: A qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives on causes, impacts and responses
… of, and responses to, the farmer-pastoralist conflicts. The study is primarily a response to the broader stakeholder concerns surrounding the farmer-pastoralist conflicts in the Kilosa district of Tanzania. The interdisciplinary approach and, more importantly, the environmental security and …
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Land consolidation in the context of Lithuanian rural development and revitalization
… of the Soviet regime, started a programme of land reform and today faces problems such as land fragmentation, land abandonment, lack of infrastructure, land conflicts, etc. Such problems affecting sustainable rural development can be solved by applying a land management instrument – land …
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Assessment of Corporate Social Responsibility in Tanzania Limited Companies: A case of Tanzania Portland Cement Company in Wazo Area
… in Limited Companies, A case at Tanzania Portland Cement Company Limited in Wazo Area. The study was guided by four objectives. First aim was to determine the existing relationship between the TPCC Company and the society around it, second to examine economic benefits a society gains from …
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Land conflict resolution mechanisms in Kalikiliki Settlement,Lusaka
… which is an informal settlement, has created land use conflicts. The prevalence of these unresolved land use conflicts presents a challenge for settlement upgrading. Without resolving land use conflicts, settlement upgrading will be a challenge. The first objective of the study was to identify …
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Land conflict resolution mechanisms in Kalikiliki Settlement,Lusaka
… which is an informal settlement, has created land use conflicts. The prevalence of these unresolved land use conflicts presents a challenge for settlement upgrading. Without resolving land use conflicts, settlement upgrading will be a challenge. The first objective of the study was to identify …
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Certification for biofuel: a means to sustainable development?
… itself. The growing of feedstock can exacerbate land degradation, water pollution or even cause indirect emission of greenhouse gas. In addition, it is claimed that biofuel demands fueled human rights abuse such as forced labor or economic exploitation. For continued expansion of global biofuels …