Search for dissertations about: "Land policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 215 swedish dissertations containing the words Land policy.

2. 1. 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

4. 2. 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

5. 3. Municipal Landownership and Housing in Sweden : Exploring links, supply and possibilities

   Author : Carl Caesar; Thomas Kalbro; Åsa Hansson; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Landownership; Muncipal landownership; Land allocation; Land development; Land policy; Housing; Real Estate and Construction Management; Fastigheter och byggande;

   Abstract : This thesis comprises a number of studies, all directed at different linkages between municipal landownership and housing in Sweden. In all, the thesis consists of four papers. Of these, initial Paper I targets the emergence of the municipal landownership that still today are of crucial importance for the Swedish housing market. READ MORE

6. 4. Economic Growth and Fiscal Policy

   Author : Pontus Hansson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nationalekonomi; economic policy; economic systems; economic theory; econometrics; public debt; Economics; tax harmonization; financial lending; economic growth; fiscal policy; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Financial science; Finansiering;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with the two subjects economic growth and fiscal policy. The first three chapters after the introduction are theoretical approaches to the determination of long-run growth. In each of these chapters, the ability of fiscal policy to influence long-run growth is examined as well. 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