Sökning: "Land tenure systems"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden Land tenure systems.

1. 1. The effects of the land tenure reform programme on tenure security and agricultural development in Rwanda: the case of Musanze district, Northern Province

   Författare :Emmanuel Muyombano; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Land tenure systems; land administration; land management; land registration and titling; land use consolidation; land tenure security;

   Sammanfattning : This PhD thesis is a compilation thesis comprising a research frame of seven chapters, and four related papers. The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate the effects of the land tenure reform programme on the livelihoods of small-scale farmers, focusing on two of the main components, the land registration and titling programme (LRT) and the land use consolidation (LUC) programme. LÄS MER

3. 2. Behind the scenes of land grabbing : conflict, competition, and the gendered implications for local food production and rural livelihoods in Cameroon

   Författare :Frankline Ndi; Simon Batterbury; Australia Victoria University of Melbourne; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Land grabbing; conflict; competition; access to land; gender; food production; rural livelihoods; political ecology; Cameroon;

   Sammanfattning : Large-scale land acquisitions or land grabbing are widespread – cutting across almost all parts of the developing world – Asia, Latin America and Africa. In recent years, this phenomenon has grown at unprecedented rates with Africa being the most targeted continent. LÄS MER

4. 3. Thirsting for Credible Commitments. How Secure Land Tenure Affects Access to Drinking Water in sub-Saharan Africa

   Författare :Martin Sjöstedt; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; property rights; land tenure; water; credible commitments; history of play; tying the grabbing hand; sub-Saharan Africa; institutions;

   Sammanfattning : Abstract The argument developed in this dissertation contends that access to drinking water is closely related to the institutional arrangements under which land is managed. However, while previous research goes astray in definitional debates over which form of land tenure – customary systems, state control, or private titles – best promotes increased water coverage levels, the argument here is that to be truly secure and stimulate citizen investments – in for example water infrastructure, wells, and housing – land tenure needs the backing of a credible governmental commitment. LÄS MER

5. 4. Real Property Processes : An explorative study of property institutions in Belarus

   Författare :Marina Vaskovich; Peter Ekbäck; Hans Mattsson; Jaap Zevenbergen; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Land administration; institutions; transaction costs; land tenure; classification of property rights; ontological modelling of the real property processes; property formation; property transaction;

   Sammanfattning : This work aims at advancing the scientific understanding of the real property processes stimulating the Belarusian property market specifically in order to promote its development. For a property market to operate efficiently, real properties ought to be able to be smoothly created and securely transferred with the aid of real property processes. LÄS MER

7. 5. Local institutions, biological conservation and management of ecosystem dynamics

   Författare :Johan Colding; Paul Cox; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Systems Ecology; systemekologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis analyze local institutions and management practices related to natural resources and ecosystem dynamics, with an emphasis on "traditional ecological knowledge" systems. Papers I, II and III analyze ‘resource and habitat taboos’ (RHTs) with the objective to synthesize knowledge about informal institutions behind resource management. LÄS MER