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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Land for development"”.
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Assessment of the determinants of access to land for development in Mutale Local Municipality of Limpopo Province
… community-perceived determinants of access to land for development in Mutale Local Municipality. It was conducted in the Makuya and Mutele Traditional Authority areas of the former Mutale Local Municipality. All the views relating to access to land for housing, agriculture and business …
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Movin' on up : mainstreaming under-serviced urban communities in Colombo, Sri Lanka
… high-rise apartments and, thus, reclaim public land inhabited by low-income settlements in central Colombo city. This policy shift is surprising because: (1) Sri Lanka's previous 10-year slum upgrading program was described as "best practice" by donor agencies, and (2) most other countries have …
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Heritage, identity and value: Ida's Valley, Stellenbosch
Heritage sites, inclusive of cultural landscapes, are understood to derive their significance from perceptions of beauty, sense of place and, when it has been impacted by humans, its genius loci and tangible qualities and the overlay of their intangible associations. In order for a site to be …
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The mechanics of urban land development in Huddersfield 1770-1911
The land development process involves decision-making by landowners, developers and builders in the context of a changing socioeconomic environment. Essential to that process is the transfer of property rights either wholly (freehold) or partly (leasehold) from landowners to builders. This process …
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Rents, efficiency, and incomplete markets: exploring the inner workings of the emerging market for private land preservation and conservation easements
This economic study explores land market development and identifies contributing sources to incomplete markets (markets that do not operate efficiently or yield consistent price information). I make the case that the market for private land preservation–land that is preserved through the efforts of …
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Globalization, land expropriation, and community resistance: a case study in Wanbao community, Miaoli County, Taiwan
The Land Expropriation Act of Taiwan, enacted in the year 2000, has been abused by the local authorities without proper oversight from the public, and this abuse has often caused displacements without reasonable compensation. The abuse of land expropriation can be devastating to those who live in …
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Critical Analysis of Station Area Development on PRASA owned land: The case of the Northern Corridor Railway Line Cape Town
The presence of well-located vacant land parcels within a city plays a contributing factor towards undermining the urban form and purpose of a well-run city. Property developers who seek out land for development in South Africa are limited to options of well-located small vacant land parcels or …
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Challenges and opportunities in service provision for Mwansabombwe town council, Zambia.
… Town Council in the delivery of services and development in the district by focusing on four objectives. The first objective assessed the financial capacity of Mwansabombwe Town Council by determining the sources of incomes and income and expenditure patterns. The second objective assessed the …
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Resurrection of the Bombay trans-harbour link project by using Wheaton's monocentric models of urban land use
… behind this thesis is to present a new technique for the appraisal of large scale urban transportation projects which are envisaged to have a major impact on the surrounding physical and economic urban structure. The Bombay Trans-Harbour Link (BTHL) Project, a 16 kilometers long road bridge …