Scarcity is a dangerous idea and has long been a totalising discourse in resource politics and mainstream economics. A large body of work has critiqued the naturalisation of scarcity …
The recent wave of large scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in low-income countries has engendered intense debate partly because of its impact on livelihoods and ecology, with …
This paper presents an overview of the scientific evidence providing insights into long term ecosystem and social dynamics across the northern Tanzania and southern Kenya …
The ideological function of the postcolonial'national','liberal', and'developmental'state inflicts various forms of marginalisation on minorities, but simultaneously justifies oppression in the …
The siting of landfills in peri-urban spaces is seen as both a solution to land scarcity in inner cities and a development opportunity for rural hinterlands. Despite the widespread reliance …
Rights-based approaches to development tend to emphasise human rights, the right to participate in decision making, and rights to social services and goods such as water …
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Australian Governments have strongly supported Indian-owned industrial conglomerate Adani Enterprises to build its proposed Carmichael Mine, including via the sustained pursuit …
Like many other examples of the ongoing global land rush, a large Zambian land deal initiated by a European agribusiness in 2012 was met with cries of alarm from international …
We conduct a discrete choice experiment with leaders of 164 Peruvian Indigenous communities (ICs) to elicit their preferences about and valuation of land titles—to our …