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1 online resource (xxi, 262 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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ITC dissertation ; no. 184
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Sustainable urban areas,
1574-6410 ;
39
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ITC publication ; no. 184.
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Sustainable urban areas ; 39.
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| Contents |
Title Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Customary tenure, formalisation and concepts of good governance; The legal framework for administering customary land in Ghana; Requirements and framework for designing land administration for customary areas; Empirical study design and methodology; Dynamics of customary tenure in peri-urban Ghana; Customary tenure institutions and good land governance in peri-urban Ghana; Indigenous knowledge and local capacity for land administration. |
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Strategies for designing land administration systems for peri-urban areasConclusion; References; Appendix A Interviewees; Appendix B Questionnaires; Appendix C Accessing land through the institutional framework of customary tenure; Summary; Samenvatting; Curriculum vitae. |
| Summary |
Historical experience in many Sub-Saharan African countries demonstrates that an alternative approach to conventional land administration methods is required to appropriately secure tenure and administer land rights in customary areas. This book is about dealing with the dynamics of customary tenure and with land governance and institutional capacity issues necessary to implement land administration at the local level. Methods for implementing land administration systems at the local level have been presented in a three-phased tenure model. The author concludes that customary tenure institutio. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Land use -- Government policy -- Ghana.
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Land use -- Government policy. |
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Ghana. |
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Land use. |
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Land use, Urban -- Ghana.
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Land use, Urban. |
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Electronic books.
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Academic theses.
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Academic theses.
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IOS Press.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Arko-Adjei, Anthony. Adapting land administration to the institutional framework of customary tenure. [S.l. : s.n.], 2011 9781607507468 |
| ISBN |
9781607507475 (electronic book) |
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1607507471 (electronic book) |
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1283289733 |
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9781283289733 |
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