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Land governance in Myanmar

open access: yes, 2021
Land governance in Myanmar, Southeast Asia, has seen major changes in recent decades. Civil war and the military regimes from 1962 to 2010, and the subsequent transition and reform period from 2011 to 2015, have had significant impacts on land governance and land use throughout Myanmar.
openaire   +1 more source

Land Governance Re-Arrangements: The One-Country One-System (OCOS) versus One-Country Two-System (OCTS) Approach

open access: yesAdministrative Sciences, 2019
This paper evaluates how land governance is re-arranged in a state re-structuring process. We compare the cases of the (re-)unification of China with Hong Kong with that of West and East Germany.
Cheonjae Lee   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The spatiotemporal response of land-use carbon emissions to climate change

open access: yesEcological Indicators
Land-use carbon emissions (LUCEs) are the second source of anthropogenic carbon emissions and need to be curbed by efficient treatment. Given the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and human activities, it is crucial to understand its effects on ...
Shenjie Yang, Lanjiao Wen, Anlu Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

ASSESSMENT OF URBAN LAND GOVERNANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE IN ETHIOPIA

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2023
Context and background Land governance promotes efficient and effective land policy administration. In Ethiopia cities, as in many Sub-Saharan African cities, many land governance challenges such as informal construction of houses and land holding, lack ...
Diriba Firdisa Tolasa   +4 more
doaj  

Differential influences of island biogeographic effects on the diversity among three plant life-forms

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation
Traditional island biogeography posits that area and remoteness are key determinants of species richness. However, this theory is challenged by recent changes in species dispersal patterns caused by human activity and climate change.
Saiqiang Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of land degradation in Jammu and Kashmir: implications for land governance

open access: yesAgricultural Economics Research Review, 2019
To arrive at good land governance imperatives, we study land degradation in Jammu & Kashmir. The panel regression estimates indicate that rural literacy and direct institutional credit to farmers reduce land degradation in the state and rural population ...
S. Baba   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bridging Policy and Practice ; Advancing Justice in Community Land Use Planning in Kenya

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
Context and background  Community land rights in Kenya have endured historical and contemporary pressures since the colonial period. The imposition of English statutory tenure systems alongside African customary tenure established a dualistic ...
Mwenda, Robert Kibugi
doaj   +1 more source

Government Soft Landings

open access: yes, 2019
Revised guidance for the public sector on applying BS8536 parts 1 and 2. Updated for ISO19650.
Philp, David   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Institutional Duality in Land Administration: Insights from Collaborative Governance in Ghana

open access: yesJournal of Land and Rural Studies
The global drive for collaboration towards addressing society’s growing complex challenges is gaining more credence in land administration. Collaborative land governance is crucial in Africa, where the duality in land governance, as expressed in the ...
Abdul-Salam Ibrahim   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Modeling water flow and volumetric water content in a degraded peat comparing unimodal with bimodal porosity and flux with pressure head boundary condition

open access: yesVadose Zone Journal
Degraded peatlands release large amounts of greenhouse gases. The development of effective mitigation and management measures requires an understanding of relevant site‐specific biogeochemical and hydraulic processes.
Mariel F. Davies   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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