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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457583203321

Autore

Arko-Adjei Anthony

Titolo

Adapting land administration to the institutional framework of customary tenure [[electronic resource] ] : the case of peri-urban Ghana / / Anthony Arko-Adjei

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, : IOS Press, 2011

ISBN

6613289736

1-283-28973-3

9786613289735

1-60750-747-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

Sustainable urban areas, , 1574-6410 ; ; 39

ITC dissertation ; ; no. 184

Disciplina

372.11

Soggetti

Land use - Government policy - Ghana

Land use, Urban - Ghana

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Customary tenure, formalisation and concepts of good governance; The legal framework for administering customary land in Ghana; Requirements and framework for designing land administration for customary areas; Empirical study design and methodology; Dynamics of customary tenure in peri-urban Ghana; Customary tenure institutions and good land governance in peri-urban Ghana; Indigenous knowledge and local capacity for land administration

Strategies for designing land administration systems for peri-urban areasConclusion; References; Appendix A Interviewees; Appendix B Questionnaires; Appendix C Accessing land through the institutional framework of customary tenure; Summary; Samenvatting; Curriculum vitae

Sommario/riassunto

Historical experience in many Sub-Saharan African countries demonstrates that an alternative approach to conventional land



administration methods is required to appropriately secure tenure and administer land rights in customary areas. This book is about dealing with the dynamics of customary tenure and with land governance and institutional capacity issues necessary to implement land administration at the local level. Methods for implementing land administration systems at the local level have been presented in a three-phased tenure model. The author concludes that customary tenure institutio