Essays about: "customary land"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 34 essays containing the words customary land.

  1. 6. Adapting together in times of climate change : the potential of adaptive governance for improving the cooperation between reindeer herders and forest owners in northern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Freya Grüsgen; [2020]
    Keywords : social-ecological system; land use; reindeer husbandry; forestry; climate change; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Reindeer husbandry has long been a central element of the traditional livelihood and culture of indigenous Sami people in northern Sweden. However, it faces several challenges from competing land uses, primarily forestry. READ MORE

  3. 7. 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

  4. 8. Land in Limbo : property in land beyond the effective control of political authority along the Zambian railway

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Nils Brodin; [2020]
    Keywords : land; property; political authority; recognition; materiality; Zambia;

    Abstract : Because of population clustering, it is increasingly difficult for the rural poor to access land in Zambia. Such a clustered space is along the line-of-rail, where more people are looking to make use of land. READ MORE

  5. 9. The phenomenon of blood feud among albanians and its impact on children

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sokol Xhaxho; [2019]
    Keywords : Albania; Kosovo; the Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini; blood feud; child rights; weak state; NGOs; mediators; living law; living conditions; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the middle ages the Albanian northern tribes had their own customary law that regulated their everyday life. This customary law is called the Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini. READ MORE

  6. 10. Poverty reduction through land titling : A study about the economic effects of the Malawi national land policy

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Anna Engblom; August Isacsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Land Titling; Land Investment; Credit Access; Economic Growth; Poverty Reduction;

    Abstract : Access to land is vital for providing our basic needs. According to earlier research, private landtitles are a prerequisite for secure land rights and are vital for enabling sustainable economicgrowth and poverty reduction. In Malawi, where a majority of the land is customary, newlaws have been enacted, but not yet implemented. READ MORE