Search for dissertations about: "LAND access"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 141 swedish dissertations containing the words LAND access.

2. 1. Women's Access to Land in Tanzania : The Case of the Makete District

   Author : Kerbina Moyo; Peter Ekback; Walter de Vries; Jenny Paulsson; E. August Rosnes; Alexandra Weitkamp; Jesper M. Paasch; KTH; []
   Keywords : access to land; women; property rights; customary law; customary land tenure; Real Estate and Construction Management; Fastigheter och byggande;

   Abstract : Access to land is crucial for combating discrimination. Women who are denied such access tend to be disadvantaged, a pattern that results in economic powerlessness. Tanzana is among the most undeveloped nations in the world, where gender inequalities with respect to accessing land are central problems. READ MORE

4. 2. The Lie of the Land: Gender, Farm Work, and Land in a Rural Vietnamese Village

   Author : Cecilia Bergstedt; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Anthropology; Vietnam; gender; agriculture; farming; wet-rice cultivation; farm work; division of labour; land; land access; place;

   Abstract : This anthropological study investigates ways in which perceptions of gender intersect with the everyday dealings of land and farming practices in a village in the northern part of Vietnam. The point of departure for this study is a desire to take a closer look at how processes of gendering actually take place and become meaningful on a day-to-day basis. READ MORE

5. 3. The Landed Municipality : The Underlying Rationales for Swedish Public Landownership and their Implications for Policy

   Author : Hanna Zetterlund; Brett Christophers; David Jansson; Heather Whiteside; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public land; land; urban planning; land development; land management; municipal planning; Swedish planning; Geography; Geografi;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the role of public land in housing development in Sweden, focusing on how public authorities perceive their role as landowners, and with what consequences. The thesis is inspired by the work of Doreen Massey and Alejandrina Catalano on different forms of landownership under capitalism, exploring the nature of the relationship between land and landowner when the latter is a public authority. READ MORE

6. 4. The effects of the land tenure reform programme on tenure security and agricultural development in Rwanda: the case of Musanze district, Northern Province

   Author : Emmanuel Muyombano; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Land tenure systems; land administration; land management; land registration and titling; land use consolidation; land tenure security;

   Abstract : This PhD thesis is a compilation thesis comprising a research frame of seven chapters, and four related papers. The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate the effects of the land tenure reform programme on the livelihoods of small-scale farmers, focusing on two of the main components, the land registration and titling programme (LRT) and the land use consolidation (LUC) programme. READ MORE

7. 5. Behind the scenes of land grabbing : conflict, competition, and the gendered implications for local food production and rural livelihoods in Cameroon

   Author : Frankline Ndi; Simon Batterbury; Australia Victoria University of Melbourne; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Land grabbing; conflict; competition; access to land; gender; food production; rural livelihoods; political ecology; Cameroon;

   Abstract : Large-scale land acquisitions or land grabbing are widespread – cutting across almost all parts of the developing world – Asia, Latin America and Africa. In recent years, this phenomenon has grown at unprecedented rates with Africa being the most targeted continent. READ MORE