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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"land distribution"”.
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Siblings Overseas. Foundational landscape, law, land distribution, and urban form in 16th-century Spanish colonial cities. Three cases of new towns in Jaen (Spain), Nueva Granada (Colombia) and Cuyo (Argentina).
… agents, judicial processes, lawsuits over land rights, independence privileges, etc. Only one of the four foundational plans survives but is well conserved and show with precision the layout of streets and the distribution of urban parcels. American cases include two cities, both influenced …
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Drafting Israel’s borders : reassessing the compositional history of Joshua 18—19 in light of later scribal activity.
Joshua 18—19 recounts the land inheritance distribution for seven minor tribes throughout Canaan. After a brief narrative depicting a land allotment ceremony at Shiloh (Josh 18:1—10), the passage describes the allotments for seven tribes and Joshua (Josh 18:11—19:50), then concludes with a summary …
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The obligation to set aside and secure lands for the "Half-Breed" population pursuant to section 31 of the Manitoba Act, 1870
… of the governmental obligations to set apart land for the "Half-Breed" people in Manitoba pursuant to s.31 of the Manitoba Act, 1870. The ambit of the obligation is described by examining, not only the text of s.31, but also the contextual background and the constitutional status of the …
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Some Barriers to Development in Cameroon, Kenya and Swaziland
… African countries: Cameroon, Kenya, and Swaziland, A historical comparative approach was used to identify the historical factors giving rise to the present situation in each country. Each country's political, economic, and geographic history is discussed to provide a context for the …
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Implications of the Late Quaternary Glacio–Eustatic Sea level Changes in the Black Sea Catchment Area
… in the literature. It is shown that the redistribution of sea - land can have a significant impact on the regional climate. In particular, in the Mediterranean area, cooling due to mountain uplift would cause the hydrologic cycle to shift towards drier conditions, while warming due to a …
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The anticommons problem in China’s landownership system and its reform
… to analyze China’s current law and policy about landownership. During its fast industrialization and urbanization process, it is widely believed that China has been suffering from the inconsistency between the growing demands of assembled urban land and factually highly fragmented suburban and …
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The effect of changing topological constraints on poleward ocean heat transport induced by plate tectonics over the last 600 million years
… geometries to determine the effect of land distribution on the heat transport capacity and pole-equator temperature gradient of the ocean. The first configuration, a circle of land centered over the south pole, meant to resemble Earth at 600 Ma, produces a haline mode of convection in …
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Socioeconomic stratification and differentiation of the modern peasantry: a longitudinal analysis of small farmers in Röndonia, Brazil
Land settlement programs have been promoted by governments worldwide to accomplish such broad goals as providing equitable land distribution among national populations, expanding agricultural production, correcting population imbalances, providing new income opportunities to the poor and landless, …
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A study of the national resettlement policy in Namibia: A critical review of policy application and impact
… in Namibia. The NRP is part of the National Land Policy (NLP), which has been implemented in this country since independence in 1990. Its purpose is to redress the colonial injustices of land distribution. This is a broad national review of policy implementation and its effects. Data was …
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The only light shot out as usual: Defining an Appalachian Grotesque
… and theories of erasure through the lens of land distribution and acquisition in Appalachia and its effect on self and community identity built up in the anchoring texts, defining and cultivating an Appalachian grotesque allows for a quantifying of Appalachian persistence within a history of …
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Political risk analysis of the Renewable Energy Sector in South Africa and the effect on Foreign Direct Investment
… unequal society where there is unequal land distribution and access to the grid, manifest in South Africa’s energy sector leading to a curtailment of FDI in the energy sector. Based on the above-mentioned pointers, South Africa displays friction as government navigates international and …
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Land rights and urban tenure: ownership and the eradication of poverty in South Africa
… South Africa. A prerequisite to formalisation is land acquisition. However, the skewed land ownership statistic in South Africa necessitates a slow and cumbersome restitution process often impeded by excessive compensatory claims by land owners and exacerbated by the interpretation of section 25 …
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The controversy of land reform : a case of Mpangisa in Mid- Illovo
The present land distribution in South Africa emanated-from a history of land dispossession and racially rooted land legislation. The present state of agriculture is to a large extent influenced by present and past land policies of the Region. Colonial dispossession of land in Mpangisa began in the …
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The urban land question : management and access for the urban poor in post apartheid South Africa
… thesis is that the developmental use of urban land should be ethical, fair and promote social justice. Using multiple research approaches and mixed methods this thesis examines the urban land question in South Africa and particularly Cape Town where land distribution and ownership are …
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From vacant space to active place: leveraging state-owned land for affordable housing - a case study of Youngsfield
… opportunities for low-income households. These land distribution patterns are a result of recycled apartheid policies perpetuated by an unequal urban land market that does not allow low-income groups to participate. This research focuses on the spatial fragmentation of apartheid planning and its …
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Interventions for Enhancing Performance of Communal Property Associations in Managing Restituted Land in Vhembe District Municipality
The struggle for distribution of land was central to the liberation movement in South Africa. Following the end of apartheid, the new government enacted a constitution that mandated equitable land distribution. This led to the implementation of a land reform programme, encompassing land reform, …
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The contribution of small farms and commercial large farms to the food security of Trinidad and Tobago
<p>The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze Trinidad and Tobago’s recent agricultural policy decisions and their effect on the way small farms and commercial large farms coexist to contribute to the country's food security. Food security is defined as when all persons can access …
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Towards sustainable rural development in KwaZulu/Natal
… countries of Lesotho, Mozambique and Swaziland which receive considerable international financial and technological aid because of their poverty rankings, however, KwaZulu/Natal does not qualify for most of these benefits because of its being pan of the Republic of South Africa whose higher …