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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt +6 more
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Town and Regional Planning, 2019 Land reform in South Africa has paid less attention to the creation of fair and viable postapartheid urban human settlements than it has to rural land reform.
Mark Oranje , Jeannie van Wyk
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African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2020 Both land expropriation and eviction constitute a threat to the properties and life of local communities. In Southern Cameroon, the phenomenon has increased with the implementation of structural projects to ensure the emergence of Cameroon by 2035 and ...
Fabrice Mopi Touoyem +1 more
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Two Sides of the Coin: Unveiling the Socioeconomic Impacts of Land Expropriation on Kigali Residents
Urban ForumIn a bid to become global cities and centers of innovation, many African cities have embraced rapid physical transformation as the default urban development paradigm. However, this development mantra is exacting a significant social cost.
G. Baffoe, V. Manirakiza, E. Uwayezu
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Struggles to remain in Kigali’s “unplanned” settlements: the case of Bannyahe [PDF]
, 2020 Examining the precarious status of informal settlements in Kigali at a time of large-scale planning-induced expropriation, this article considers urban contestation in the context of the city’s changing spatial-legal regime.
Corburn, J, Esmail, S
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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Administrative Sciences, 2022 This scientific study focuses on the assessment of the legislation on land valuation, which takes place in the framework of selected administrative procedures in the Slovak Republic.
Tomáš Peráček +2 more
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Institutional bindingness, power structure, and land expropriation in China [PDF]
World Development, 2018 Abstract The prevailing argument that quasi-democratic institutions in authoritarian regimes improve governance outcomes hinges on the presumption that institutions empower non-state actors and constrain the discretionary power of ruling elites—a concept we call “institutional bindingness.” However, institutions are not always binding, and the degree
Cai, Meina, Sun, Xin
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International Journal For Multidisciplinary ResearchRapid urbanization in Ethiopia, driven by the government's efforts to modernize and diversify the economy, has led to significant land expropriation in the capital city of Addis Ababa and its surrounding areas.
Nyamura, K Gemtessa, Bongani Ngwenya
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NBS) for climate adaptation encompass a range of approaches that work with nature to increase resilience to climate change while providing ecological, economic and social co‐benefits. These solutions have frequently been put forward for application in urban contexts, such as the creation of urban forests, but can ...
Anita Vollmer +2 more
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