Participation of Informal Settlers in Participatory Land Use Planning Project in Pursuit of Tenure Security
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DOI: 10.1007/s12132-018-9330-y
Abstract: A majority of the urban population in Dar es Salaam City in Tanzania lives in informal (unplanned) settlements. The living conditions in these settlements lack among other things, security of tenure. In response to the… read more here.
Keywords: participation; tenure security; land; security ... See more keywords
Perceived land tenure security in rural Xinjiang, China: The role of official land documents and trust
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2017.03.009
Abstract: The role of formal tenure institutions in reducing land tenure insecurity has been long debated in the development economics literature. This study examines and compares the key determinants of perceptions of security of tenure over… read more here.
Keywords: official land; tenure security; land; land tenure ... See more keywords
Informal mechanisms to regularize informal settlements: Water services in São Paulo's favelas
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DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2018.07.010
Abstract: Abstract Growing global low-income populations living in informal urban settlements need basic services to live healthy, productive, dignified lives, but their informal status presents a legal barrier to service extension. In this paper we explore… read more here.
Keywords: service extension; water; tenure security; negotiated institutions ... See more keywords
Key challenges to advancing land tenure security through land governance in Malawi: Impact of land reform processes on implementation efforts
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104994
Abstract: Abstract Malawi embarked on a long and arduous journey of adopting comprehensive and transformative land reforms from the mid-1990s. These reforms seek to promote equitable land access, tenure security and efficient land use. Land reform,… read more here.
Keywords: land reform; methodology; tenure security; land ... See more keywords
Contradictory Land Use Plans and Policies in Laos: Tenure Security and the Threat of Exclusion
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.08.008
Abstract: Contradicting policies and overlapping property arrangements are common in many countries, opening doors for diverse interpretations by different actors. This requires better knowledge on how competing interests and actors interact and what determines the practical… read more here.
Keywords: tenure security; land use; land;
Tenure Security and Farm Efficiency Analysis Correcting for Biases from Observed and Unobserved Variables: Evidence from Benin
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DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12275
Abstract: We analyse the impact of land tenure security on the technical efficiency of a sample of smallholder farmers in Benin, based on an output‐oriented stochastic distance function. We use propensity score matching to correct for… read more here.
Keywords: unobserved variables; tenure security; security farm; farm efficiency ... See more keywords
Examining the Land Use Act of 1978 and Its Effects on Tenure Security in Nigeria: A Case Study of Ekiti State, Nigeria
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DOI: 10.17159/1727-3781/2019/v22i0a5803
Abstract: The Land Use Act of 1978 (LUA) has failed to achieve some of its objectives. The rural poor and the vulnerable are those most affected. The failure is ascribed to problems inherent in the Act… read more here.
Keywords: act; tenure security; study; land ... See more keywords
Integrating Urban Land Tenure Security in Health Determinants: The Design of Indicators for Measuring Land Tenure Security and Health Relationships in Developing Country Contexts
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19053080
Abstract: Both urban land tenure insecurity and poor urban health outcomes are research topics of urban geographers and health experts. However, health outcomes or patterns are hardly measured in relation to land tenure security. There are… read more here.
Keywords: land tenure; health; tenure security;