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UNINA9910162057103321 |
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Titolo |
Fair land governance [[electronic resource] ] : how to legalise land rights for rural development / / edited by Jan Michiel Otto and André Hoekema |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Leiden [The Netherlands], : Leiden University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-11846-6 |
9786613522757 |
94-006-0054-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Law, governance, and development. Research |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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OttoJan Michiel <1952-> |
HoekemaA. J |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Rural development |
Land use, Rural |
Land use, Rural - Law and legislation |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Legalising Land Rights, Yes But How? An Introduction -- 2. Simple Solutions to Complex Problems: Land Formalisation as a 'Silver Bullet' -- 3. Securing Land Rights in Africa - Trends in National and International Law -- 4. From State to People's Law: Assessing Learning-By-Doing as a Basis of New Land Law -- 5. Future Cadastres -- 6. If Not Private Property, Then What? Legalising Extra-Legal Rural Land Tenure via a Third Road. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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These farmers have been working this land for generations. But they have no papers. So the government may clear this land for a project. People fear they will be chased away.” Such stories can be heard every day in Africa, Asia and Latin America. They demonstrate the insecurity of rural smallholders who are threatened with eviction without proper compensation. The ‘project’ may be large-scale agriculture, industry, bio fuels, forest conservation, urban sprawl, or transnational land-grabbing by countries insecure in food and energy resources. Can such peasants be empowered with ‘papers’? Five legal experts who believe in adaptation to local conditions share their experiences and work with |
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