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La destruction des villages de pêcheurs au sud de Libreville. Une opération entre impératif sécuritaire et spéculation foncière

open access: yesL'Espace Politique, 2014
The demolition, in 2002, of West-African fishermen’s villages established in the municipality of Owendo, South of Libreville, capital of Gabon, had officially been justified by the necessity to fight against illegal immigration by sea and criminality ...
Serge Loungou
doaj   +1 more source

Moving costs, security of tenure and eviction [PDF]

open access: yes
We contrast equilibrium and welfare analysis in the rental housing market under two property rights regimes – eviction rights and security of tenure – when tenants face moving costs.
Alex Anas, Richard Arnott
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Forwarding forest restoration: Seven key socio‐ecological issues for advancing forest restoration in a world in flux

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Restoring forests can help conserve biodiversity, mitigate climate change and enhance human well‐being. Despite financial and political support for global forest restoration initiatives, projects continue to face persistent challenges and trade‐offs between environmental, climatic and socio‐economic goals.
Mariana Hernandez‐Montilla   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

En quête de leaders locaux à Jakarta – regards croisés depuis Johannesburg

open access: yesL'Espace Politique, 2016
This paper stems from deep debates engaged by to geographers working on politics in the city, and attempting to define the concept of « political informality ».
Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, Jérôme Tadié
doaj   +1 more source

Urban Forced Eviction: Experiences in the Metropolitan City of Lagos, Nigeria

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Geography, 2020
Urban poverty coupled with housing shortages have contributed to the proliferation of informal settlements and slums. This is one of the complex problems arising out of urbanization and which is piling pressure on urban authorities to use unorthodox ...
Ayobami Abayomi Popoola   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Theatre to Transformation: Learning, Action, and Diffusion for SDG2 in Cambodia

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The arts are envisioned as able to help address the longstanding ‘implementation gap’ between research and realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For SDG2 (Zero Hunger), Forum Theatre offers a participatory alternative to top‐down interventions, yet its impacts have not been evaluated using rigorous, mixed‐methods that are ...
Brian R. Cook   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Supply Contract

open access: yesCECCAR Business Review
The supply operation is widely used among professionals, which is why it has imposed the regulation of the relations between them. The supply contract complements the provisions of the sales contract, concerning the effects of the contract, specifically ...
Ioana Nely MILITARU
doaj   +1 more source

Fair and Equitable Land Access (FELA) by Development Projects: Enhancing Governance for Sustainable Development Outcomes When Projects Displace People

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Displacing people to make way for development projects is contentious. Empirical research demonstrates that neither human rights guidelines nor multilateral lenders' standards guarantee positive, sustainable outcomes for displaced people. With multiple new displacing projects proposed globally, including for renewable energy, we propose a new ...
Eddie Smyth   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Street Vendors Facing Urban Beautification in Accra (Ghana): Eviction, Relocation and Formalization

open access: yesArticulo: Journal of Urban Research, 2018
This paper focuses on the consequences of the relocation processes of a group of street vendors evicted from downtown Accra in 2010. This eviction is seen as an emblematic operation of the decongestion and beautification of Accra’s city centre. Relocated
Amandine Spire, Armelle Choplin
doaj   +1 more source

Equilibrium Evictions

open access: yesThe Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Research Working Papers, 2023
Dean Corbae   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

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