Essays about: "Tenure security"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words Tenure security.

  1. 1. Improving land tenure security by increasing access?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Freeman Gunnell; [2023]
    Keywords : land tenure security; international institutions; World Bank; legal tenure systems; customary tenure; exclusion; access; policy discourse.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Securing access to land around the world is an issue that pervades many development agendas. Often promoted through legal and administrative systems, secure land tenure is used in the battle against poverty and to reduce land based conflict. Conceptualizations of secure tenure tend to differ between international institutions and academia. READ MORE

  3. 2. Integration of climate change adaptation in security and development policies : The case of the Darfur conflict

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Måns Löfvall; [2020]
    Keywords : Darfur; climate change adaptation; peace-building; securitisation; categorisation;

    Abstract : This study has intended to demonstrate the effects of categorising climate change as a developmental issue rather than a security issue on the conflict in Darfur. This was achieved by studying the following research questions: (I) What is the role of climate change adaptation in developmental work in Darfur? (II) What is the role of climate change adaptation in security work in Darfur? (III) How is the work on climate change adaptation connected to the course of the conflict? These questions have been answered by collecting material relating to development and security in Darfur. READ MORE

  4. 3. Threat or Possibility: Land Rights & Disaster-Vulnerability - A qualitative study on land rights, tenure security and disaster-vulnerability in light of the 2018 land law amendment in Myanmar

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Nina Fuchsová; [2020]
    Keywords : land rights; tenure; disaster-vulnerability; ethnic minorities; Myanmar; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Secured land tenure is considered to play a crucial role in decreasing disaster-vulnerability. By signing the Sendai Framework, Myanmar Government agreed to focus its policies on reducing risks of natural disasters. READ MORE

  5. 4. Can Land Policy Be Gender-Neutral? Evaluating the Impact of Mexico's 1992 Land Titling Reform on Female Empowerment

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Valentina Farinelli; [2020]
    Keywords : Land titling; Gender; Land rights; Bargaining power; Ejido;

    Abstract : Many recent land titling reforms have failed to include a gender perspective. In a context of deep-rooted gender disparities, this omission can give rise to gendered effects on land rights. READ MORE

  6. 5. Dispossessed: Exploring the Factors That Enable Post-Disaster Land Grabs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Taylor McCammon Lightman; [2020]
    Keywords : Land Grab; Land Tenure; Land Tenure Security; Gender; Globalization; Neoliberalism; Dispossession; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to better understand what factors produce an enabling environment for land grabs after a disaster. Looking at eight selected case studies, this research tests the role of land tenure security, private capital investment and global financial institutions, and gender. READ MORE