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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"peri-urban land"”.
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Assessing customary land administration systems for peri-urban land in Ghana
Customary tenure is the predominant land tenure system in Ghana. It has been practiced for many years. Customary land tenure is built on the foundations of an African concept of land, distinguished by centrality of community, spirituality, and mutual dependence of the individual and the community. …
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Assessing land administration systems with their legal frameworks: the case of peri-urban land in Ekiti State, Nigeria
… and statutory law, tenure, and administration in peri-urban areas of sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries such as Nigeria may cause conflict and tension. An efficient and effective land administration systems (LASs) and legal frameworks are crucial for ensuring pro-poor objectives in land …
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The Value of Inclusion of the Peri-Urban Interface on Quality of Life for the Urban Population
This paper examines peri-urban space existing separate from the urban fabric and often in between urban and rural landscapes. This is a largely neglected area and often considered by each side as belonging to the other. Contemporary studies identify two sides associated with the rural-urban fringe: …
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Urban planning practice under neo-customary land tenure
Contemporary discourses on land policy in sub-Saharan African countries have shifted from polarised debates that hitherto promoted formal land administration or romanticised customary tenure systems. Recent policy trends have emphasised the integration of customary and state tenure systems as a …
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Governance Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Land Guards and Land Protection in Ghana
<p>Land management policy in many developing nations has been riddled with conflict because of competing land tenure systems. Having transitioned through customary tenure systems to bureaucratic property rights regimes without a complete shift from the former, Ghana’s land management system, over …