The rapid increase of urban population during the 21 st century has led to the expansion of
metropolises and increased demand for land in peri-urban areas, which are often the object …

In this article, we discuss the potential of blockchain technology in addressing the
documentation of users' land rights in the informal land rental market. Blockchain technology …

A thought-provoking book which empowers its readers to think about the problems in
systematic, transformative ways'-Fadhel Kaboub, President of the Global Institute for …

Inequalities generally exist in society regarding the distribution of resources including land.
This paper assessed inequalities of customary land rights and tenure security among …

Urban Resettlements in the Global South provides new perspectives on resettlement
through an urban studies lens. To date, resettlement has been theorised through …

Abstract Ghana's Land Administration Project (LAP), initiated in 2003, aimed to enhance
certainty regarding land rights. What has been achieved since then? We explore …

A key debate in the study on land, housing and natural resources revolves around the notion
that general institutional forms (such as private, common, public, and likewise formal …

This handbook contributes with new evidence and new insights to the on-going debate on
the de-colonization of knowledge on urban planning in Africa. African cities grew rapidly …

Informal institutions are often labeled as inefficient or “second-best” compared to formal
property rights. Yet, the experience in developing and allegedly “developed” contexts alike …

In this paper, we use the concept of documentality to explore the role of documentation of
land tenure in the livelihood resilience of farmers in Trinidad and Tobago. We studied small …