Essays about: "land tenure and land use"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words land tenure and land use.

1. 6. Assessing individual water and sanitation insecurity : A novel tool to track universal access, the case of Mukuru informal settlements in Nairobi.

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Adriana Lucia Soto Trujillo; [2018]
   Keywords : SDG 6 monitoring; water and sanitation insecurity; informal settlements;

   Abstract : Securing universal, safe, inclusive and affordable water and sanitation services, as targeted by SDG 6, is a challenge for urban settings. Particularly in informal settlements of Mukuru, Nairobi, were its crowded population, insecure land tenure and location in areas prone to environmental hazards places their inhabitants at greater risk of water and sanitation insecurity. READ MORE

3. 7. Are Indigenous Farmers’ Investments Under Siege? Implications of farmer-herder conflicts and threats to customary land tenure on indigenous farmers’ agricultural investment decisions in Agogo, Ghana.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Selorm Kugbega; [2018]
   Keywords : Agogo; Land tenure in security; Usufructs; Pastoralists; Farmer-herder conflict; Investment; Customary land; Fulani herders; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Owing to structural factors of climate change and population growth, the past decade has witnessed high interest among migrant and settler pastoralist groups in the vegetal-rich customary lands of the Agogo Traditional Area. This has resulted in lease grants of large land areas to pastoralists by traditional authorities and usufruct families, for reasons of ensuring optimum use and gaining the highest returns from lands. READ MORE

4. 8. Local perceptions of changes in ecosystem services and climate : case study in Ecuadorean Sierra

   University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

   Author : Anna Sundqvist; [2018]
   Keywords : traditional ecological knowledge; ecosystem services and goods; climate change;

   Abstract : Anthropogenic-induced land-use and land-cover change is a threat to biodiversity and ecosystem services, and contribute to global climate warming. Forests are essential in the climate system and store a large part of the global carbon. READ MORE

5. 9. Watershed-based payment for ecosystem services in Liberia: Examining prospects and challenges for implementation in the St. Paul River Basin

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Phillip Innis; [2016]
   Keywords : payments for watershed services; ecosystem services; sustainable land-use practices; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Payments for watershed services (PWS) are intended to provide incentives to land users to adopt sustainable land management practices. They are also increasingly viewed as having positive impacts on the livelihood of local communities around protected areas. The St. Paul River, located in the St. READ MORE

6. 10. Mapping in agricultural development : introducing GIS at at smallholder farmers' cooperative in Malawi

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Lantmäteri (CI)

   Author : Ellen Ulander Walleij; [2016]
   Keywords : jordbruksutveckling; geografiska informationssystem; cooperative; mapping; development; Malawi; agricultural development; Geographical information systems; GIS; utveckling; kartläggning; kooperativ; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Malawi is a country in southern Africa and considered to be one of the poorest countries in the world. The main part of the population lives in rural areas and is completely depending on farming for their livelihood. There are, however, no records of land registration or tenure for the smallholder farmer. READ MORE