Download or read book The Social Lives of Land written by Michael Goldman and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-15 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the shaping of new homelands in the Cherokee Nation to the export of sand from Cambodia to shore up urban expansion in Singapore, The Social Lives of Land reveals the dynamics of contemporary social and political change. The editors of this volume bring together contributions from across multiple disciplines and geographic locations. The contributions showcase novel theoretical and empirical insights, analyzing how people are living on, with, and from their land. From Mozambique to India, Indonesia, Ecuador, and the colonial United States, the scholars in this collection uncover histories and retell stories with a focus on the lived experiences of rural and urban land dispossession and repossession. Contributors: Kati Álvarez, Clint Carroll, Flora Lu, Richard Mbunda, Gregg Mitman, Paul Nadasdy, Robert Nichols, Andrew Ofstehage, Laura Schoenberger, Kirsteen Shields, Emmanuel Sulle, Erik Swyngedouw, Gabriela Valdivia, Katherine Verdery, Callum Ward, Ciara Wirth, Emmanuel King Urey Yarkpawolo

Download or read book Land Tenure Center Newsletter written by University of Wisconsin--Madison. Land Tenure Center and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Land People and Forests in Eastern and Southern Africa at the Beginning of the 21st Century written by Liz Wily and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2001 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book African Land Questions Agrarian Transitions and the State written by Sam Moyo and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This empirically grounded study provides a critical reflection on the land question in Africa, research on which tends to be tangential, conceptually loose and generally inadequate. It argues that the most pressing research concern must be to understand the precise nature of the African land question, its land reforms and their effects on development. To unravel the roots of land conflicts in Africa requires thorough understanding of the complex social and political contradictions which have ensued from colonial and post-colonial land policies, as well as from Africa's 'development' and capital accumulation trajectories, especially with regard to the land rights of the continent's poor. The study thus questions the capacity of emerging neo-liberal economic and political regimes in Africa to deliver land reforms which address growing inequality and poverty. It equally questions the understanding of the nature of popular demands for land reforms by African states, and their ability to address these demands under the current global political and economic structures dictated by neo-liberalism and its narrow regime of ownership. The study invites scholars and policy makers to creatively draw on the specific historical trajectories and contemporary expression of the land and agrarian questions in Africa, to enrich both theory and practice on land in Africa.

Download or read book Proceedings of the International Conference on Land Tenure in the Developing World with a Focus on Southern Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Where is Uhuru written by Issa G. Shivji and published by Fahamu/Pambazuka. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neoliberal policies promised to correct multiple distortions in postcolonial Africa. But democratic politics, land reform, rights and freedom all suffered. Shivji calls for Africa-centred thinking that embraces the continent's right to self-determination.

Download or read book Africa Environment Outlook 2 written by United Nations and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2006 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second comprehensive report on the state of Africa's environment, produced in collaboration with the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). This report highlights the central position Africa's environment continues to play in sustainable development, as well as its potential to achieve progress in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. The report profiles Africa's environmental resources as an asset for the continent's development. It highlights the opportunities presented by the region's natural resource base to support the continent's development. It also underscores the concept of sustainable livelihoods, and the importance of the environmental initiatives in supporting them.

Download or read book 10 Years of Livestock Policy Analysis 1992 2002 written by and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Grasslands of the World written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together information on the contrasting characteristics, condition, present use and problems of the world's main natural grasslands. Since grassland is commercialized through the grazing animal, particular attention is paid to the livestock production systems associated with each main type. Grazing resources are more than simply edible herbage: many other factors have to be taken into account, notably water in all areas, and shelter in winter-cold climates. Seasonality of forage supply is a characteristic of almost all grazing lands, so the strategies for dealing with lean seasons are described. The main problems of each type are mentioned and possible strategies for their sustainable management discussed - taking into account their multiple functions, not only livestock production. The book is primarily aimed at agricultural scientists, educationalists, extensionists and decision-makers with interests in responsible use of extensive grasslands.

Download or read book Report of the Sub Regional Workshop to Promote Sustainable Aquaculture Development in the Small Island Developing States of the Lesser Antilles written by Alessandro Lovatelli and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subregional workshop was aimed at facilitating greater understanding of the issues involved in creating the required enabling environment for sustainable aquaculture development in the Lesser Antilles. Following the sharing of national experiences and the presentation of selected case studies on ongoing subregional aquaculture activities, the issues that have constrained past aquaculture development activities were discussed. The participants recognized the diversities in both the scale and success of past aquaculture activities in the subregion and identified the constraints to and opportunities for sustainable aquaculture development in the subregion.--Publisher's description.

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Download or read book Innovation in Natural Resource Management written by Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick and published by International Food Policy Research Insitute. This book was released on 2002 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together international experts in economics, sociology and natural resource management to examine the links among property rights, collective action and technological change for a variety of technologies across a range of community contexts in the developing world., Readership: undergraduate; postgraduate; research, professional

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Download or read book Desertification Control Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Workshop on Current Issues on Land Tenure in Ethiopia written by Workneh Negatu and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: