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Fit-for-Purpose, Private-Sector Led Land Regularization and Financing of Informal Settlements in Brazil

Land, 2021
This paper aims to analyze the financial and operational approach to land regularization and financing used in Brazil by an innovative private social enterprise in order to demonstrate that the approach widens the concept fit-for-purpose land ...
Malcolm Childress, Selina Carter, Edgard Barki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A guide for building fit-for-purpose land administration systems in less developed countries: capacity development, change management and project delivery

, 2016
Most developing countries are struggling to find remedies for their many land problems that are often causing land conflicts, reducing economic development and preventing countries reaching their true potential. Existing investments in land administration have been built on legacy approaches and have not delivered the required pervasive changes and ...
Stig Enemark, Robin McLaren, C. Lemmen, D. Antonio, John Gitau   +4 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Innovative Remote Sensing Methodologies for Kenyan Land Tenure Mapping

Remote Sensing, 2020
There exists a demand for effective land administration systems that can support the protection of unrecorded land rights, thereby assisting to reduce poverty and support national development—in alignment with target 1.4 of UN Sustainable ...
Mila Koeva, Claudia Stöcker, Sophie Crommelinck, Serene Ho, Malumbo Chipofya, Jan Sahib, Rohan Bennett, Jaap Zevenbergen, George Vosselman, Christiaan Lemmen, Joep Crompvoets, Ine Buntinx, Gordon Wayumba, Robert Wayumba, Peter Ochieng Odwe, George Ted Osewe, Beatrice Chika, Valerie Pattyn   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

SmartSkeMa: Scalable Documentation for Community and Customary Land Tenure

Land, 2021
According to the online database landmarkmap, up to an estimated 50% or more of the world’s habitable land is held by indigenous peoples and communities.
Malumbo C. Chipofya, Sahib Jan, Angela Schwering   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The SmartLandMaps Approach for Participatory Land Rights Mapping

Land, 2023
Millions of formal and informal land rights are still undocumented worldwide and there is a need for scalable techniques to facilitate that documentation.
Claudia Lindner, Auriol Degbelo, Gergely Vassányi, Kaspar Kundert, Angela Schwering   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementing Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration at Country level [PDF]

, 2017
Stig Enemark, Robin McLaren
openalex   +2 more sources

Documenting informal and customary land rights in Africa Challenges of using participatory means

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2020
The adoption of modern Land Administration Systems (LAS) in Sub Saharan Africa is done with the expectation that principles of equity, non-discrimination, efficiency, transparency, productivity and sustainability among others may be achieved to meet ...
Kealeboga Kaizer Moreri
doaj   +2 more sources

Do Design Science Research and Design Thinking Processes Improve the ‘Fit’ of the Fit-For-Purpose Approach to Securing Land Tenure for All in South Africa?

Land, 2021
In South Africa, land tenure security is a challenge for 60% or more of the population who hold interests in land outside of the formal system of registered title.
Simon Hull, Jennifer Whittal
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping the evolution of mitochondrial complex I through structural variation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Respiratory complex I (CI) is crucial for bioenergetic metabolism in many prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is composed of a conserved set of core subunits and additional accessory subunits that vary depending on the organism. Here, we categorize CI subunits from available structures to map the evolution of CI across eukaryotes. Respiratory complex I (CI)
Dong‐Woo Shin, Tingting Chen, James A. Letts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

History and Prospects for African Land Governance: Institutions, Technology and ‘Land Rights for All’

Land, 2021
Issues relating to land are specifically referred to in five of the United Nations’ (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and UN-Habitat’s Global Land Tools Network views access to land and tenure security as key to achieving sustainable, inclusive and ...
Robert Home
doaj   +1 more source