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  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. Blandstaden som planeringsideal för socialt hållbar stadsutveckling : en inblick i gentrifierings- och segregationsprocesser

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Roxana Ghiaei Moghaddam; [2023]
    Keywords : socialt hållbar stadsutveckling; planeringsideal; segregation; gentrifiering; blandstad; integration;

    Abstract : Agenda 2030 förespråkar för en socialt hållbar stadsutveckling på global nivå. För att kunna utvärdera arbetet med hållbarhetsmålen undersöks effekterna av dagens samhällsplanering utifrån fem centrala begrepp: social hållbarhet, planeringsprinciper, segregation, gentrifiering och blandstaden. READ MORE

  4. 3. Sustainable Use: A Contentious Promise - A Case Study on International Funding of Consumptive Sustainable Wildlife Use in South Africa's Biodiversity Economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Mara Glas; [2022]
    Keywords : biodiversity economy; sustainable use; international conservation finance; community-based conservation; economic development; wildlife economics; South Africa; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In South Africa, sustainable use of wildlife is widely recognized as providing economic incentives and actively engaging rural communities in conservation management. Aiming to combat rampant poverty and wildlife crime in communities around protected areas (PAs), the country’s biodiversity economy envisions to scale (non-)consumptive activities in the pursuit of creating economically and environmentally viable wildlife businesses. READ MORE

  5. 4. Investigating the Gap between Informal Urbanization and Formal Planning and Governance Practices in Metro Manila, Philippines

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Aura Keziah Soriano; [2021]
    Keywords : urban planning; informality; informal settlements; global South; Metropolitan Manila;

    Abstract : Metro Manila, Philippines is one of the densest and fastest growing metropolitan regions in the world, of which informal urbanization is a significant contributor. This rapid informal urbanization is a dynamic yet uncoordinated force shaping the city-region, in conflict with the vision of a modern, globally-competitive city-region painted in formal planning instruments. READ MORE

  6. 5. REDD+ Projects Providing Sustainable Livelihoods for Rural Communities?  An Assessment of Voluntary Carbon Offsetting Projects in Peru and Tanzania

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Laura Tapping; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; carbon offsetting; REDD ; Sustainable Livelihoods; project communities; voluntary carbon market;

    Abstract : The voluntary carbon market, the area of focus for this thesis, developed alongside the compliance carbon market when individuals and organisations elected to compensate for their CO2 emissions. The steep growth in demand for voluntary carbon offset credits stemmed from the 2015 Paris Agreement. READ MORE