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Collin, Linn, and Lina Bornegrim. "Administration of Tribal Land in Botswana." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Industrial Development, IT and Land Management, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-7410.
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<p>This thesis concerns the management and administration of tribal land in Botswana. The administration processes that are practiced today are neither effective nor suitable for present and future needs. Existing problems relates to registration, archiving and order among the ownership rights. A solution to these problems would promote a system that secures the right of each individuals land.</p><p>Our aim is to recognize the processes and work methods that are the reason for the mentioned problems in administration of tribal land. We want to find suggestions for solutions to these problems. To be able to recognize the existing difficulties a thorough literature review has been made as well as interviews with persons with dissimilar positions at three different land boards. Interviews were made at the Mogoditshane Subordinated Land Board, Tlokweng Main Land Board and Mochudi Subordinated Land Board. Questions asked concerned the Tribal Land Act, practice of land allocation and location of plots, appeals, recordkeeping and compensation.</p><p>We have also looked into how a pilot study regarding land adjudication directed by the LAPCAS-project, which is a five year running project in cooperation with Swedish Lantmäteriet and Ministry of Lands and Housing in Botswana, can act as one solution to the many problems that exists.</p><p>Our conclusion is that tribal land tenure in its own meaning is not a problem, the problem concerning tribal land lies in the administration thereof. Some common regulations for all land boards are needed to implement routines and structures that will improve the administration of tribal land. These kinds of routines can be learnt from involvement and close work with the LAPCAS-project. </p>
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Akrofi, Emmanuel Offei. "Assessing customary land administration systems for peri-urban land in Ghana." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4989.
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Includes abstract.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>Customary tenure is the predominant land tenure system in Ghana. It has been practiced for many years. Customary land tenure is built on the foundations of an African concept of land, distinguished by centrality of community, spirituality, and mutual dependence of the individual and the community. Colonization, increased population, rapid urbanisation has placed enormous pressure on customary tenure, especially in peri-urban areas. This study investigates customary administration in peri-urban Ghana. Using critical realism and multimethodology, peri-urban customary tenure in Accra and Kumasi, the fastest growing cities in Ghana, are assessed. A model for assessing functionality for peri-urban customary systems has been developed. The results indicate that functional customary systems adhere to the principles of good governance in customary land administration, although a lot needs to be done to improve accountability, transparency and land rights of women. It was also observed that whether the system has patrilineal or matrilineal inheritance does not have any significant influence on functionality. Further research is recommended to investigate best practices from other tenure systems to improve peri-urban customary tenure without compromising good aspects of customary systems.
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Samsudin, Salfarina. "Decentralisation and governance in land administration systems." Thesis, Ulster University, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.625474.
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Land administration is a complex process and it is often associated with decentralisation. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the importance of decentralisation governance in land administration systems. At present, there are no standardized frameworks available to assess and compare the consequence of the systems put in place. This is an extremely important area and considered necessary to determine the relative effectiveness of decentralised land administration systems and associated governance arrangements that might affect the performance of the delivery of services. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop a framework to carry out such an assessment of performance, which is important to prove the impact of decentralisation on governance. This will allow strategic assessment framework to be formulated to help ensure more appropriate decentralisation governance in land administration system throughout developing countries in the future. This study is probably the first to systematically determine the principles and variables for decentralised land administration governance assessment. The conceptual framework was developed first, and then an empirical analysis by using mixed method approach was conducted. Data to undertake this study was obtained from survey with land administration experts (quantitative phase) and follow by interview of decentralised land administration stakeholders (qualitative phase) in the case studies. In the first phase, the perceptions of land administration experts were evaluated, which highlights the key principles and variables for assessing decentralised land administration governance. The results suggest that the principles can be grouped as relating to transparency, efficiency and effectiveness; sustainability; responsiveness; clarity and simplicity; security and stability; and consistency and impartiality. The six factors demonstrated strong validity and reliability. Then, the developed assessment framework was tested at the second phase with two case studies in the states of Johor and Sarawak in Malaysia in order to assess their respective decentralised land administration governance practices. The results from interviews confirmed the applicability of the principles enabled testing of the assessment framework in the context of specific case studies. Finally, the analysis then identified potential lesson drawing from the case studies to provide strategic framework for assessing decentralised land administration systems.
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Subedi, G. P. "Land administration and its impact on economic development." Thesis, University of Reading, 2016. http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/65923/.
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This thesis investigates the relationship between land administration and economic development. More specifically, it assesses the role of land tenure security in productivity and that of land administration services in revenue generation. The empirical part of the study was undertaken in Nepal, Bangladesh and Thailand. A mixed method approach was employed for data collection, analysis and interpretation. The information was gathered using questionnaires, interviews, observations, informal discussions and documentation analysis. This study demonstrates that land administration plays a crucial role in providing security of land tenure. It also evidences that the use value, collateral value and exchange value of land is increased after registration which has benefitted the occupation, investment and finance sectors of the case study economies. Specifically, it was found that land use activity became more productive. With regard to financial services, banks more readily accepted land as loan security for debt finance and did so at an interest rate that was lower than that offered by private lenders. Land-related investment and income also increased and these effects are found to be positively correlated with tenure security. However, access to credit is not enough to increase investment unless it is communicated properly. This study demonstrates that quality of land administration services affects on tenure security and revenue generation. Poor land administration, improper land valuation and inefficient and unscrupulous employees threaten tenure security and reduce the amount of revenue that can be generated from land. The establishment of land administration systems and security of land tenure is beneficial for the government as it supports economic development by increasing production and generating revenue to some extent. It may also enhance efficient use of scarce resources, increase household income and play an important role in maintaining distributive justice and reducing poverty. The findings of this study indicate a need for further research on the contribution of land administration in the real estate sector as well as changes to the livelihoods of civilians.
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Zamli, Sakduddin. "Corruption risk management in land administration in Malaysia." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2018. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/corruption-risk-management-in-land-administration-in-malaysia(b8f03de8-3400-491f-861b-41844fb800f4).html.
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Corruption in land management strikes when local officials demand bribes for rudimentary administrative steps or a clerk who asks for a bribe to register a small plot. At the higher level, an official who takes kickbacks for authorising development but also when high-level political decisions are unduly prejudiced, leaving the public at large to pay for this illegitimate decision. Despite extensive efforts, corruption in the land sector in Malaysia has reached epidemic proportions and has become one of the major challenges to government. Therefore, Corruption Risk Management (CRM) has been introduced as an internal control on corruption in public service to remedy the problem. CRM is a management process that helps to identify structural weaknesses that may facilitate corruption, provides a framework for all staff to take part in identifying risk factors and treatments, and embeds corruption prevention within a well-established governance framework (ACE, 2016). To date, no study has shown how effective this management tool to comprehend the corruption problem in land administration in Malaysia. Hence, this research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of CRM as an internal monitoring system in supporting anti-corruption in land administration. In order to achieve this goal, eleven District and Land Offices in Pahang State we chosen as case study area and a mixed model approached was implemented. The study consisted of two phases. In the first phase, a questionnaire survey was used to explore the nature, form, vulnerability and existing control mechanisms of corruptions in land administration. A total of 114 responses were recruited, and descriptive and statistical analyses were used to analyse the data. This then influenced the development of a semi structured interview questionnaire for the second phase of study, which explored further the survey responses and addressed the factors that contribute to the effectiveness of CRM in land administration. In this phase, 22 respondents were interviewed, among who are land administration experts, land administration policy makers, land administration trainers, top management in land management, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officials, as well as CRM Practitioners. Findings from these two phases were then used as a basis to revise the current CRM. The research developed: an understanding of the issues of corruption that has impacted upon the ability of land administration agencies towards corruption, type of corruption, factors causing corruption, resistance of the department towards corruption to contribute to corruption risk management as well as the mechanism review on current approaches which deter corruption in the land management; and finally, a corruption risk in land management model which illustrates a 'to be' situation for how corruption risk management could support land management processes and strategies over corruption risk. Based on the analysis, types of corruption and identification of the risk factors have been identified. The study also identifies the factors that contribute to the effectiveness of corruption risk management in governing land management. The outcomes of the study will be used to inform the policy and practice of the organization in implementing the Corruption Risk Management framework as an institutional integrity internal control.
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Steudler, Daniel. "A framework for the evaluation of land administration systems /." Connect to thesis, 2004. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00001043.
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Mabesa, Mamphaka Jeanett. "The land administration system of Lesotho : challenges and opportunities." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13435.
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Includes bibliographical references.<br>The increasing need for effective land administration systems that help eradicate poverty, boost economic growth and lead countries to sustainable development, have led countries to engage in the reform of existing systems. In this process researchers and practitioners use appropriate methods, tools and frameworks to examine, analyse and evaluate existing systems prior to the design and implementation of new systems. The attempt to find suitable designs which are aligned with the best practices frameworks in land administration systems, has led to extensive research to develop, identify and test suitable methods and frameworks and to apply these to case studies. This research investigates and analyses the land administration system in Lesotho from a critical realist perspective.
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Noor, Ahmad Shah Bin Mohd. "Land rent revenue administration in peninsular Malaysia : a survey of some socio-legal and administrative issues." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20715.
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Land, under the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, is a State matter. As such it is crucial for the survival of a State, both financially and politically. Given limited resources, land forms one of the State's most important assets and sources of revenue. From annual rents imposed on all alienated lands the State generates its largest share of land revenue and regulates the administration of rent collection through the provisions of the <I>National Land Code</I>. Politically, land also symbolises the sovereignty and inherent power of a State Authority within a Federal arrangement. But whether or not this in theory matches reality, is the concern of this study. Just as it has been in the past, land will always be an important ingredient in a State's finances in the foreseeable future. Revenue from land rent has contributed a lot to the infra-structural development of the country. It is difficult to imagine a State relinquishing its hold over land matters unless there exists a more viable alternative. Evidence suggests that currently returns from land rent form a meagre percentage of a State's total revenue and therefore, are not commensurate with the strength of its jurisdiction in the constitution. To make matters worse, whilst the State's debt increases, rent arrears keep accumulating over the years. Retrieving information from primary sources and documentary evidences, and extracting data from interview and observations of selected Land Offices at work, this study attempts to examine the possible causes of rent defaults and recurring arrears in Peninsular Malaysia by focusing on some of the socio-legal and administrative aspects of the problem.
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Moorman, David (David Thomas) Carleton University Dissertation History. "The district land boards: a study of early land administration in Upper Canada, 1788-94." Ottawa, 1992.
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Vestin, Linnéa, and Jonathan Molund. "Administration of land problems and disputes in peri-urban areas surrounding Gaborone, Botswana." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-17084.
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Abstract Peri-urban areas experience many land related problems and disputes because of rural-urban migration and increasing demand in land. The purpose of this thesis is to identify and describe the land problems and their related disputes that exist in two peri-urban areas surrounding the capital of Botswana, Gaborone. Two land boards administering these areas are studied in order to draw conclusions if there are any improvements that can be made to make the administration of land more effective. The methods used in this thesis include: a literature review on previous made research to gain sufficient background and knowledge in the subject and a multiple case study to identify the most occurring land problems and how these are handled in the villages of Mogoditshane and Tlokweng. The case study included qualitative interviews with land board officers and experts within the studied subject. The result from the literature review and the case studies shows similar result when it comes to land problems faced in Mogoditshane and Tlokweng. Common problems such as illegal occupations and multiple transfers lead to disputes over the right to land. The administration of handling these problems differ between the studied land boards as well as the approaches to resolving disputes that arises. For instance in Tlokweng they patrol the village in order to reveal illegal occupations. In the same land board they have also adopted the approach with alternative dispute resolution to reduce number of disputes entering the legal process. It seems that one of the main causes for the land problems that occur in these areas is poor record keeping. Besides the improvements regarding record keeping, that is already in progress, this study has reached the conclusion that there are several measures that can be taken to make the management of land problems and related disputes more effective. The problem with shortage of land, which is another cause for land problems, could be reduced by an effective and unanimous land allocation process. Further we believe that by training both officers and board members in alternative dispute resolution methods and adopting an approach to try to resolve disputes before becoming a legal matter, will reduce costs as well as save time in the land administration.
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Berg, Frank. "Verwaltungsreform und Personal im Land Brandenburg." Universität Potsdam, 2002. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2007/1514/.
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Inhalt:
0. Einleitung
1. Land, Regionen und Kommunen im Spannungsraum:
Zur Genese der öffentlichen Verwaltung in Brandenburg
1.1 Landesebene
1.2 Kommunale Ebene
2. Ergebnisse und Defizite des bisherigen Modernisierungsprozesses
der Landesverwaltung
2.1 „Eckpunkte“ des Reformprozesses im zeitlichen Verlauf
2.2 Bisherige und geplante Ergebnisse
2.3 Probleme, Herausforderungen, Defizite
3. Zur Kooperation von Verwaltung und Beschäftigtenvertretungen
3.1 Rahmenvereinbarung
3.2 Mitarbeiterbeteiligung
4. Personalausgaben und Personalstand Brandenburgs im Vergleich
4.1 Personalausgaben und Konsolidierungspolitik
4.2 Personalstand
5. Zusammenfassung – 10 Thesen
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Gebhardt, Ihno. "Eine weitere Verwaltungsstrukturreformfür das Land Brandenburg?" Universität Potsdam, 2013. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2013/6540/.
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Ting, Lisa A. "Principles for an integrated land administration system to support sustainable development /." Connect to thesis, 2002. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00001045.
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Pierpoint, Stephen John. "The administration of the land tax in England, 1643-1733." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2017. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/270078.
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Despite England’s growing international trading wealth, an expanding secondary sector, and more productive agriculture the mid-seventeenth century state with its outdated tax system was politically and militarily weak. Civil war and its aftermath created the urgent and protracted supply need which instigated the creation and honing of radically new effective tax forms and processes which proved indispensable during the Restoration and beyond. Drawing on Kent, London and Bristol case studies this thesis explores how the land tax became a mainstay of an increasingly powerful early modern English state by considering its administration, processes and tax mechanics from its 1643 inception to the excise crisis. Economic development offered fiscal opportunity and whilst the excise exploited product supply chains, the land tax targeted rent and income generated from agricultural, commercial and domestic real estate. Occupiers and landlords shared immediate fiscal burdens. Land taxes exploited cashflows around financial and seasonal production cycles, particularly in the more commercialised South and East, where fresh attempts were made to value and tax land. Effective local governors had for decades bolstered their own authority by delivering national initiatives and now worked in partnership with legislators to nurture the new tax and create resilience. The state’s bargain was that parliament would determine deadlines and fixed tax amounts from each locale, but local governors had immediate process ownership to determine its detailed application. Continued fiscal success required fresh waves of innovation, adaption and involvement including: empowerment, delegation, the deployment of more experienced officials, simplification, and improved stakeholder oversight. As post-Revolutionary conflict drove fiscal burdens higher, land taxes became a permanent fiscal implement of the state, despite regular outbreaks of political angst at the tax’s power. The resulting coordinated collective commitment of tens of thousands of officials, across county, city and country, was the great fiscal achievement of the age; a picture long obscured by institutionalised state narratives.
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Agyeman-Yeboah, Stephen. "Land administration systems in Ghana and the provision of affordable housing." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/3035.
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House prices have risen dramatically and it is evident that this has prevented many people from buying their own home, consequently increasing the demand for affordable housing within Ghana. Furthermore, demand for affordable housing across the country exceeds potential supply. Housing provided by the formal sector in the country is generally too expensive relative to income levels and the number of units built is insufficient. The formal sector caters mostly for upper income households where it is profitable for private developers to produce housing. Despite government efforts to provide social housing to attend the demands for housing of poor, only a fraction of the poor have been accommodated in this way. As a result, the housing problem in Ghana is the shortage of affordable accommodation for the urban poor; the low-income majority. In view of their inability to access housing through the formal channels, the poor take it upon themselves to build their own housing. Self- build housing or progressive housing has played a major role in the production of Ghanaian’s low-income housing stock. However, the ability of most households to build on their own is affected by many factors. The literature review found that the main constraints observed on the supply of this housing are access to titled land and access to construction finance. The land administration systems in Ghana can be described by two adjectives; complex and multiple. The entire systems have been governed by multiple laws, regulations, processes, standards and have been managed by multiple institutions with highly fragmented land administration structures, limited cooperation and coordination. As a result there are overlapping and duplication of functions and organisations and institutional management weaknesses are evident. This results in general indiscipline in the land market. There is a large number of mortgage financing institutions in Ghana, all of which have a mandate to provide credit facilities to the lower income groups at lower than market interest rates and long repayment periods. However, many self-builders households face series of problems in attempting to access finance with which to resolve their housing needs even though they have regular employment and income. To place the study in context, this volume aims to assess the impact of land tenure and administration systems on the provision of self-build housing by low income households with an argument that homeownership among low-income increases mostly through access to mortgage credits. Drawing on the insights from New Institutional Economies (NIE), the empirical analysis is undertaken in Kumasi, a major city of Ashanti Region, Ghana. The research is designed to triangulate data from a range of sources including questionnaires surveys, focus groups’ discussion and key informant interviews. The starting point is that there are significant problems surrounding affordability and accessibility to home ownership within the housing market. The research considers to what extent the lack of accessibility/affordability is determined simply by low incomes or access to credit or both. To address this problem the research focuses on the experience of key workers with low but regular verifiable incomes. The study showed that lending to self-builder households generally involves greater risks for lenders, and banks do not like to lend to these developers resulting in financial exclusion among the majority of households. At the same time the study found that the verification of incomes of loan applicants is insufficient and legal security of land tenure is a necessary prerequisite for the sanction of loans. The findings show that majority of the households lack formal title to their lands and building permission certificates to their properties. Further analysis suggested that this is a reflection of costly and lengthy administrative red tape of land institutions and agencies that is associated with acquiring land, developing land, registering and transferring titles and obtaining construction permits. In effect, the findings suggest that majority of households face financial exclusion. This has meant that many aspirations to homeownership have remained unfulfilled.
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Obeng, Williams. "Integrating land administration systems in peri-urban customary areas in Ghana." Thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28399.
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Dual land administration systems operate in many peri-urban customary areas in subSaharan Africa (Burns, 2007), yet the rationality behind them is different, and possibly conflicting (Watson, 2003). The conflicting rationalities between the dual systems have created binaries in land administration discourse. Some scholars have promoted statutory land administration systems over customary systems (Hardin, 1968). Many pre-21st century land administration systems theories were purely economy-based, and sought to discredit customary land administration and tenure systems (De Soto, 2000; Peters, 2009). The weaknesses of customary land administration and tenure systems have been widely articulated in economy-based land administration literature (Demsetz,1967). However, recent research findings seem to suggest that peri-urban customary land management could improve through hybrid land administration, incorporating both customary and statutory systems (Whittal, 2014). In this study, statutory and customary land administration systems are examined to understand how they can be integrated to improve effective land delivery at the peri-urban interface in Ghana. A case study analysis of hybrid forms of land administration was undertaken, using both primary and secondary data. Relatively successful case studies (from Ghana and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa) were deliberately chosen to learn good ways of managing peri-urban customary land. Land administration practices in such areas were assessed using the good land governance framework. The case study analysis reveals that hybrid land administration systems are appropriate in enhancing livelihood sustainability and tenure security of the local people. To this end, the study proposes some improvements in hybrid land administration practices to reduce conflicting rationalities between customary and statutory land administration systems.
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CONLEY, THERESA L. "Banking on Vacant Land: An Assessment of the Cincinnati Land Reutilization Program." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1211924355.
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Karikari, Bonsu Isaac. "The application of geographical information systems for land administration : the case of the Lands Commission Secretariat, Accra." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.396747.
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Moorman, David T. "The 'first business of government': The land granting administration of Upper Canada." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4095.
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When the Loyalist refugees fleeing the American revolution in the 1780's arrived in what would become the province of Upper Canada, the colonial government faced a new and unwelcomed situation. Colonial officials in both London and Quebec abandoned their plans for the expansion of the French colony and the preservation of an extensive western Native reservation in favour of a British-style settlement, complete with a balanced constitution, common law, and free and soccage land tenure. The first business faced by this new conservative-minded, loyal government was the distribution of land. In conducting this business the Imperial government, and its officers in Upper Canada, constructed an administration that mixed inherited continuities with innovation. Through the desire for efficiency and accountability, this administration was slowly transformed from a quasi-feudal to a modern bureaucratic system. Many of the decisions and actions of the colonial administrators proved effective and far-sighted, others were much less so. In the end, however, the government was neither corrupt nor incompetent, and, by the 1830's, they succeed in accomplishing the principal goal of land granting; the broad distribution of land to industrious settlers loyal to the British monarchy. The structures through which this was accomplished became the framework of Canada's modern bureaucracy.
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Moorman, David. "The first business of government, the land granting administration of Upper Canada." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0014/NQ28362.pdf.
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Eberle, Lisa Pilar. "Law, Land, and Territories| The Roman Diaspora and the Making of Provincial Administration." Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3686263.
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<p> This dissertation examines the relationship between the institutions of Roman provincial administration and the economy of the Roman imperial diaspora in the Eastern Mediterranean in the second and first centuries BC. Focusing on the landed estates that many members of the imperial diaspora acquired in the territories of Greek cities, I argue that contestation over the allocation of resources in the provinces among Roman governing classes, the members of the imperial diaspora, and the elites of Greek cities decisively shaped the contours of what we would late recognize as the institutions of provincial administration. </p><p> Setting the Roman Empire within a new comparative framework, Chapter One suggests that ancient cities around the Mediterranean, including Rome, often used their imperial power to help their own citizens infringe upon the exclusionary property regimes of other cities, which insisted that—unless they decided otherwise—only their own citizens could acquire this land. Chapter Two combines semantic history with archaeological case-studies to argue that Roman ownership of agricultural resources in the territories of provincial cities was wide-spread and in fact often underpinned the movement of products for which the members of the diaspora are more commonly known. Chapter Three uses epigraphic documentation and Cicero's writings to examine how provincial governors responded to the economic concerns that Romans brought before them, maintaining that law became the most prominent response because it was able to perform a separation between the empire as state and the potentially problematic actions by members of the diaspora, while at the same time not abandoning these Romans' concerns. Chapter Four investigates the contestation over the terms on which members of the diaspora were able to acquire land in Greek cities and vindicates the contributions that Roman jurists and the elites of Greek cities made to the institutional architecture of provincial administration and the political economy it enshrined.</p>
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Al-Ossmi, L. H. "A strategic approach to developing residential land tenure administration : the case of Iraq." Thesis, University of Salford, 2017. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/43685/.
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This study is driven by the need to bridge the gap in the current literature in terms of identifying the sustainable institutional aspects of the Land Tenure Administration (LTA) under the current situation in Iraq, as the principal mechanism through which LTA can be sought. In fact, the critical situations of post-war, economic crisis and terrorism waves in Iraq are now heading the country to develop an urgent national policy, thus there is a need to put forward a strategic approach that helps Iraqi Land Authorities (ILAs) policy to build an efficiency implementation of LTA and ensuring the users’ satisfaction to achieve better practices in Iraq. While post-war situations and inter-communal violence impacts continue to occur in the country, the research provided a pioneer opportunity to identify current problems of LTA, which can be directly linked to these factors of the instability and insecurity situations in the Iraqi urban areas. This thesis is structured from nine chapters; it deals with the government policy makers of the applicants at ILAs and the property users in Iraq. The research identified a set of key influential factors driven from the current critical situation regarding the LTA efficiency at ILAs and the level of users’ satisfaction. One of the research objectives is to develop a conceptual framework for evaluation the operational performance of LTA in Iraq. To evaluate the conceptual framework validity, the questionnaire has distributed targeting the user’s samples of 384 in 3 chosen neighbourhoods in the Al-Nassiriya city, 16 semi-structured interviews have been conducted with Top Senior Managers (TSMs) in 6 agencies of decision-making councils in ILAs at both national and local levels in the Iraqi system. In this research a multi-method of analysis was followed triangulating data, hence the core part of data to be used for analysis is that derived from these Iraqi land resources. Based on respectable evidence, the Iraqi existing system is still offering significant levels of management and monitoring supports. Evidence showed that the LAS/LTA is qualified and there is no lack in administrative approach. However, crucial influences of the state instability, insecurity situations, inter-communal violence, and the displacement and refugee’s relocation problems were directly followed the land dispute resolution, financing & data costs, land administration processes, and efficient technical aspects.
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York, Abigail M. "Land use institutions in an urbanizing landscape." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3163025.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 2005.<br>Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-02, Section: A, page: 0755. Adviser: Elinor Ostrom. Title from dissertation home page (viewed Oct. 18, 2006).
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Espinoza, Santander Jorge Andres [Verfasser], Holger [Akademischer Betreuer] Magel, Michael [Gutachter] Kirk, and Holger [Gutachter] Magel. "Towards improved land governance in Chile : Challenges and opportunities for strengthening land management and land administration / Jorge Andres Espinoza Santander ; Gutachter: Michael Kirk, Holger Magel ; Betreuer: Holger Magel." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1181326257/34.
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Ntwasa, Bayanda. "Traditional leadership and the use of cultural laws in land administration: implications for rural women's land rights in a transforming South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/134.
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This dissertation critically examines how traditional leaders use cultural laws to allocate land to women and to allow women to participate in land administration in communal areas. Given the government's commitment to gender equity in all spheres of life as stipulated in Section 9 (3) of the South African Constitution (Act 108 of 1996), the dissertation examines whether related legislation and policy (such as CLARA and TLGFA) alone can guarantee equitable access to land for women and their participation in land administration structures in communal areas where patriarchy dominates. In essence, the study interrogates whether state intervention through formalizing laws that govern land matters do achieve gender equity while cultural laws still exist in communal areas. Based on the view that land in communal areas is held by the state and administered by traditional leaders who have historically discriminated against women, the dissertation employs a case study method to examine whether cultural laws are exercised when women apply for a piece of land at the three levels of traditional authority viz: village, sub-village and traditional council levels in the Matolweni village of the Nqadu Tribal Authority. Although women are often the de facto rights holders in rural areas as a result of male migration to urban areas, findings seem to indicate that it is difficult and/or sometimes impossible to translate paper laws into practice while cultural laws are still operating. For effective transformation to occur, the study recommends that unless a strong women's rural movement emerges, coupled with a socialist feminist position that advocates for a radical transformation of rural society to defeat the patriarchal norms and standards, traditional leaders will continue to discriminate against women in land issues.
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Bunton, Martin P. "The role of private property in the British administration of Palestine, 1917-1936." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.244156.
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Ng, Wai-man. "Village revitalisation/disintegration : an assessment of suburbanisation, land administration and small house development in the New Territories /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18154621.
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Potsdam, Kommunalwissenschaftliches Institut der Universität. "KWI-Info [Heft 2/2000] : [Schwerpunkt: Gemeindliche Organisationsformen mit Blick auf Reformvorhaben im Land Brandenburg]." Universität Potsdam, 2000. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2007/1537/.
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Schwerpunkt: Gemeindliche Organisationsformen mit Blick auf Reformvorhaben im Land Brandenburg
Brandenburgische Gemeindestrukturen – Erfahrungen und Probleme (Frank Berg, Christian Maaß)
Verfassungsrechtliche Fragen des Orts- und Amtsgemeindemodells der
Enquetekommission des Brandenburgischen Landtages (Michael Nierhaus, Ihno Gebhardt)
Gemeinden oder Samtgemeinden in Niedersachsen – wieviel Demokratie in der Ortsebene? (Hans-Hennig von Hoerner)
Pro und Contra für das Amt als Gemeinde:
Fortentwicklung des Amtes (Karl-Ludwig Böttcher)
Amtsgemeinde – kein Modell für Brandenburg (Paul-Peter Humpert)
Plädoyer für den Erhalt und die Stärkung der Ämter (Manfred Meske)
Pro und Contra für das Amt als Gemeinde (Frank Ehling)
Aus der Arbeit des Institutes
- KWI - Ihr Ansprechpartner
- Buchanzeige „Ausfallhaftung des Staates für zahlungsunfähige Kommunen“
- Fachseminar „Produkte, Haushalt und Kostenrechnung“
- Seminarbericht
- Interdisziplinäre Kolloquien
- Netzwerk „Kommunen der Zukunft“
Kurzmitteilungen
- Neuerscheinungen
- Internet
- Pressemitteilungen
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Adams, Colin. "Land transport in Roman Egypt : a study of economics and administration in a Roman province /." Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2007. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip072/2006030360.html.
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Khalid, A. F. B. H. "Islamic law and land in the State of Selangor, Malaysia : Problems of administration and Islamisation." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.234116.
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Appiah, Daniel. "The politics of traditional-federal state formation and land administration reform in Ghana, 1821-2010." Thesis, University of York, 2012. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2647/.
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Imagine a democratic state in Africa where the Presidential-Executive and Parliament are constitutionally restrained from fundamentally reforming the institutions of land ownership and administration without the legal consent of traditional rulers (chiefs). This is the case in Ghana. Using the historical institutional theoretical approach, the study makes an original contribution to our understanding of how the political process of state formation between British colonial state makers and the rulers of traditional states in Ghana produced a type of state that I call the traditional-federal state in 1821-1831. The core legacies of this state are (i) the bifurcation of public authority between chiefs and government in the governance of land and people; and (ii) the complex interaction of informal-legal rules of customary law and formal-legal rules of common law. The study shows how these legacies have shaped institutional reforms within the dual ‘customary’ and ‘public’ sectors of land administration. The study argues that the traditional-federal state has constrained the development of transparent, accountable and efficient institutional framework of land administration. The study helps us to understand the origins and nature of the bifurcation of state authority between chiefs and government over land administration in Ghana. Secondly, the study helps us to understand the nature of institutions of chieftaincy for customary land administration. The study shows that informal-legal customary institutions of land administration are complementary to, and substitute for, the formal-legal institutions of land administration. Thirdly, the study shows that the potential of communal land ownership to promote development could be realized if government, chiefs, and citizens are committed to the creation and enforcement of formal-legal rules of accountable administration that distributes the benefits among stakeholders. Finally, the study reinforces the historical institutionalist argument that the critical juncture of institutional development matters for understanding subsequent endogenous and exogenous sources of institutional change.
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Green, Arthur. "A geography of peace: an investigation of post-conflict property and land administration in Aceh." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119425.
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This dissertation contributes to the understanding of how the social embeddedness of property impacts post-conflict natural resource management and peacebuilding. While the idea of property as rights is naturalized in many current discourses, working with this idea that property is merely rights can cause unanticipated problems. This is especially the case in post-conflict scenarios, where rights-focused approaches to property do not recognize how property is deeply linked to social identity, livelihoods, and political authority. In fact, in failing to understand the complexity of property, rights-focused approaches may also fail to grasp how post-conflict natural resource management can contribute to peacebuilding opportunities. The dissertation argues that failure to design policies that reflect the complex ways in which natural resources, property, social identity, livelihoods, and violent conflict are interlinked can undermine post-conflict natural resource management and lead to missed opportunities to support peacebuilding. Using an analytical framework that draws key ideas from literature on property, post-conflict natural resource management, legal geography, legal pluralism, and social identity, this dissertation critically examines experiences and debates regarding property in post-disaster/post-conflict Aceh, Indonesia, from 2005 through 2009. Research for this dissertation included semi-structured interviews, focus groups, archival research, and observations from four field visits (totaling five months) between August 2006 and June 2008 to the city of Banda Aceh and the regencies of Aceh Jaya, Pidie, and Aceh Barat. The central theoretical contributions of this research include: (1) insights into how narratives surrounding property impact post-conflict natural resource management policy and project design; (2) a reconceptualization of the multi-scalar nature of property; and (3) development of a policy tool that identifies ways in which social identity interacts with natural resources and violent conflict in post-conflict scenarios. The primary practical contribution of this research is the analysis of lessons learned from the land titling project undertaken in post-disaster/post-conflict Aceh, Indonesia and the distribution of this analysis to fieldworkers and policymakers.<br>Cette étude a pour but de comprendre comment les facettes sociales de la propriété affectent la gestion de ressources naturelles ainsi que la consolidation et le maintien de la paix en milieux post-conflits. Bien que le concept de la propriété défini en tant que droits soit commun dans de nombreux discours intellectuels, simplifier la propriété à des droits entraîne de nombreux problèmes. Cela s'avère à être particulièrement le cas dans des zones post-conflits où des approches axées sur les droits légaux ne reconnaissent pas comment les régimes fonciers peuvent être associés à une identité sociale, à des moyens de subsistance, ou à une autorité politique. En ignorant les dimensions sociales de la propriété, une approche centrée sur les droits juridiques sous-estime le potentiel de la gestion de ressources naturelles comme outil stratégique pour favoriser le maintien et la consolidation de la paix. En effet, la thèse centrale de cette étude souligne l'importance d'étudier les interrelations entre la propriété, les ressources naturelles, les identités sociales et les moyens de subsistance en présence de conflits. Ignorer ces liens peut non seulement miner une gestion des ressources naturelles de manière durable, mais sous-estime l'opportunité de créer et consolider le maintien de la paix. Le cadre conceptuel de cette recherche s'appuie sur plusieurs outils théoriques tels que la littérature sur les dimensions philosophiques de la propriété, les théories en matière de gestion des ressources naturelles, la géographie et le pluralisme juridique, ainsi que la théorie de l'identité sociale. Cette étude examine les expériences et les débats concernant la propriété dans une région post-désastre/post-conflit en Indonésie (la province de Banda Aceh), de 2005 à 2009. Cette étude qualitative a été réalisée à travers des entretiens semi-directifs, des groupes de discussion participatifs en zones rurales et péri-urbaines, de la recherche en archives, ainsi que de l'observation directe à travers quatre visites de terrain (totalisant cinq mois) entre août 2006 et juin 2008 dans á Banda Aceh et les régions Aceh Jaya, Pidie et Aceh Barat. Cette recherche apporte plusieurs contributions théoriques, notamment : (1) une étude sur les discours et récits conceptualisant la propriété et son impact sur la gestion de régimes fonciers; (2) une conceptualisation géographique de la dimension multi-scalaire de la propriété; et finalement, (3) le développement d'un outil stratégique identifiant les types de liens entre identité sociale et ressources naturelles en contexte de conflits. Finalement, cette étude apporte une contribution pratique à travers une analyse approfondie des leçons tirées du projet de restructuration des régimes fonciers entrepris par le gouvernement indonésien suite au tsunami de 2004.
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Matshego, Masellane Caleb. "Administration of the land redistribution for Agricultural Development programme in the North West Province of South Africa." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25955.
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The current Government of South Africa faces many challenges emanating from the legacy of the policies of the pre-1994 apartheid era and the earlier periods. One of these challenges is the skewed distribution of agricultural land, in favour of White commercial farmers. In 1995, the current democratic government, in an attempt to redress this historical imbalance in terms of ownership of agricultural land, introduced a land policy for South Africa. The policy is anchored to three programmes, namely land restitution, land redistribution and tenure reform. In terms of land redistribution, the Government set a target to redistribute 30% of White-owned agricultural land to historically disadvantaged individuals by March 2014. The land redistribution programme was designed for the state to play a major role in the administration of the programme. The programme was also structured to recognise the complementary roles played by the national Department of Agriculture (DOA) and provincial departments of agriculture, the Department of Land Affairs (DLA) and its Provincial Land Reform Offices (PLROs), the municipalities and the Land Bank, in policy administration. Due to the fact that the Settlement/Land Acquisition Grant (SLAG) programme, by the end of 2000, failed to deliver the number of hectares that would meet the land redistribution target for the remaining years up until March 2014, it was abolished. In its place, the Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD) programme was introduced in 2001. It was anticipated by the Government that the LRAD programme will fast track the redistribution of White-owned agricultural land to Black farmers. Because administrative processes are as important as policy outcomes, it is important to examine the administrative aspects impacting on the LRAD programme, given the prominent role played by the state in the administration of the programme. The research thus focused on establishing the extent to which the administration of the LRAD programme enables the Government to achieve its land redistribution goals and objectives. The LRAD programme is not on course to meet the land redistribution target set for 2014. The North West Province in particular has been transferring White-owned agricultural land on an annual basis at an average of 13% of what it should if its target of the 30% of White-owned agricultural land to be redistributed is to be met by March 2014. Among the critical factors impacting on successful administration of the LRAD programme in the North West Province is policy integration. The White Paper on Land Policy (1995) recognises that the success of the land reform programme does not depend only on access to land, but also on the achievement of other instrumental objectives, namely the provision of integrated government policy with respect to support services, infrastructural and other development programmes; and the development of an effective and accessible institutional framework for service delivery, characterised by a strong partnership between national, provincial and local spheres of government. Data was collected through structured interviews from key respondents, namely deputy-directors in the department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Environment (the DACE) and the North West Provincial Land Reform Office (the NWPLRO), as well as from the chief director for the NWPLRO. Methodological, participant and interdisciplinary triangulation was applied during data collection and analysis. There was ineffective integration of policies, programmes, systems, and procedures between the DACE and the NWPLRO, which undermined the administration of the LRAD programme in the North West Province. In addition, the DACE in particular suffered from administrative incapacity. This was in part due to the nature of the governance regime pertaining to LRAD programme administration. This situation was also affected by the administration of the Government policy generally, the most important of which was the intergovernmental relations, which imposed limits in terms of allocation of financial resources. The administrative incapacity also undermined the endeavour to collaborate as far as LRAD programme administration was concerned. This negatively impacted mostly on the planning phase, as a result of shortage of critical personnel. In order to effect effective administration of the LRAD programme, it is recommended as follows: <ul><li> the budget allocation for the LRAD programme should be increased; </li><li> the administrative capacity of the DACE and the NWPLRO should be increased; </li><li> the systems and procedures for administering the LRAD and CASP programmes should be aligned; and</li><li> the alignment of administrative systems and procedures should become one of the integral factors for measuring and rewarding performance of senior public service managers in institutions administering the programme. </li></ul><br>Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011.<br>School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA)<br>unrestricted
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Page, Teressa Maxine. "A cost-revenue analysis of nonresidential development: a case study of annexed land in East Point, Georgia." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1986. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/2791.
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The primary intent of this degree paper is to analyze the fiscal impact of nonresidential development on annexed territory in the City of East Point, Georgia. The analysis projects the direct, current, public costs and revenues associated with nonresidential development on one hundred fifty (150) acres of annexed land. The analysis considers the current costs and revenues of the development as if it were completed and operating today. The Proportional Valuation Method (PVM), developed by Robert W. Burchell and David Listokin (1980) was used to conduct the analysis.
PVM is an average costing approach used to project the impact of nonresidential development on local costs and revenues. The method assigns costs attributable to the share of the real property value that nonresidential use adds to a city's real property tax base. The method employs a two step process to assign a share of municipal costs to the new development. First, a share of the city's total operating expenditures is given to all local nonresidential uses. Second, a portion of these nonresidential costs is allocated to the incoming nonresidential facility.
The purpose of this study is to determine the costs and revenues associated with the development of an office industrial park complex on 150 acres of nonresidential land acquired by the City of East Point, Georgia. This study is significant because of the fact that the analysis provides useful information which the officials of the City of East Point can use to determine whether the annexation will impact positively on the revenue base of the city.
The findings indicate that there is the possibility that the city's goal of increasing its revenue base can be realized. The estimated costs that the city will incur from the development totaled $365,775 while estimated revenues to be generated totaled $12,381,452.36. A net surplus of $12,015,677.36 will therefore come to the city as a result of this acquisition.
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Moote, Margaret Ann 1965. "Changing models of administrative decision-making: Public participation in public land planning." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278479.
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A case study is used to illustrate and assess the applicability of participatory democracy theory to public participation in public land decision-making. In this case, public outcry against a Bureau of Land Management acquisition plan resulted in adoption of a coordinated resource management process, an application of participatory democracy theory which is purported to improve public acceptance of administrative decisions by providing improved access and representation, information exchange and learning, continuity of participation, and shared decision-making authority. The study suggests that in order to satisfy the public, a participatory democracy approach to public participation should give participants tangible evidence that their input will influence agency decisions, preferably by giving them the authority to collectively make decisions that will be binding on all participants, including agencies. Furthermore, organizational and decision-making rules, as well as legal and bureaucratic limitations on the process, must be explicit.
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Ng, Wai-man, and 吳慧敏. "Village revitalisation/disintegration: an assessment of suburbanisation, land administration and small housedevelopment in the New Territories." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31259212.
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Järling, Kristine. "Klassificering av markanvändning och markägande enligt Land Administration Domain Model, LADM : En fallstudie i Valbo, Gävle." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-22091.
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The aim of this study is to analyse a part of a model that describes the relationship in land administration. The model is both international and Swedish standard and is named, The Land Administration Domain Model (LADM). The model describes how a natural or legal person, property unit or joint property unit is affected by the legislation, exercise of authority and agreements within an administrative entity, such as a property unit or joint property unit. A part of the model has been analysed in a case study in Valbo, Gävle. The study has been delimited to investigate the part that describes land administration that manifests itself as zoning plan, area regulations, Real Property Register and digitalised available cadastral dossiers. The information has been decoded by the part of the model rights, restrictions, and responsibilities (RRR). This is a more detailed way of describing how land administration affects a property unit or person. As far as the author knows has the model not been practiced in Sweden, despite of that the model has been of Swedish standard since 2012. The study shows that LADM can be used in Swedish legislation and fills a void when describing land administration, the main focus is to describe the relationship between property units and persons. The cross-border collection of property related information generates an overview of what exists in a land area. This makes it possible to see when information is duplicated or absent. LADM has the capacity to gather information from different land administration systems. By gathering information to a system so an overview is created and better conditions for exercise of authority or inhabitant to identify which factors affect a land area.<br>Den här studien syftar till att analysera en del av en modell som beskriver relationer vid markanvändning och markägande. Modellen är både internationell och svensk standard och heter The Land Administration Domain Model (LADM), på svenska Modell för markanvändning och markägande (LADM). Modellen beskriver hur en fysisk eller juridisk person, fastighet eller samfälld mark påverkas av lagar, myndighetsutövning och avtal inom en registrerbar enhet, som en fastighet eller samfälld mark. En del av modellen har analyserats genom att använda metoden fallstudie i Valbo, Gävle. Studien har avgränsats till att undersöka den del som beskriver markanvändning och markägande som tar sig uttryck som detaljplaner, områdesbestämmelser, fastighetsregistret och digitalt tillgängliga förrättningsakter. Informationen har tolkats enligt modellens rättigheter, restriktioner och skyldigheter (RRR), vilket ger en mer detaljerad beskrivning hur lagar, myndighetsutövning och avtal påverkar en fastighet eller person, mer än förmån och belastning. Vad författaren känner till har inte modellen tillämpats i Sverige tidigare, trots att den varit svensk standard sedan år 2012. Studien visar att LADM fyller ett tomrum vid beskrivning av markanvändning och markägande, då den fokuserar på att beskriva relationer mellan fastigheter och personer. Insamlingen av fastighetsinformation kan ske gränsöverskridande och därmed skapar modellen en överblick av vad som finns inom ett område. Det skapar möjligheten att se när information finns upprepad hos olika register och när information uteblivit. LADM har kapacitet att samla den information som finns inom markanvändning och markägande. Genom att samla information till ett system skapas en översikt och ger bättre förutsättningar för myndighetsutövning eller invånare att identifiera vilka påverkande faktorer som finns inom ett geografiskt område.
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Smith, Richard Saumarez. "Administration, classification and knowledge : land revenue settlements in the Panjab at the start of British rule." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1989. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272529.
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Croissant, Cynthia. "Uses and landscape patterns a study of relationships between human activities and spatial patterns of land use and land cover on private parcels in Monroe County, Indiana /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3162230.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2004.<br>Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-01, Section: A, page: 0292. Chair: Charles Greer. Title from dissertation home page (viewed Oct. 12, 2006).
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Sarabia, Walter Omar. "Land Administration Projects and Cadastral Reforms: Land Titling Registration and Modernization of Cadastral System as an Alternative Approach for a Developing Country's Sustainable Development and Economic Growth." The Ohio State University, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1419953799.
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Junior, Tomas Manhicane. "Informal Land Markets in Rural Mozambique: The Case of Mogovolas District in Nampula Province." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_7633_1277418865.
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<p>The challenge of alleviating poverty, especially of the rural poor, is a universal one. Mozambique is also faced with this challenge as well the challenge of redressing the inequality exacerbated by civil war. Among the many strategies suggested for addressing poverty is improving poor people&rsquo<br>s access to land. In Mozambique, all land is owned by the state, yet informal land markets do exist. A theoretical review of the models on informal markets in developing countries reveals that economy of rural family depend greatly on land resources, and that often formalisation of land markets leads to land concentration and speculation rather than to the promotion of economic development. The overall objective of the study was to analyse the economic, institutional and social dynamics and determinants of informal land markets in rural Mozambique and how they impact on the livelihoods of poor people. Due to the largely unexplored nature of the topic, this study is exploratory and descriptive in nature. Research methods included a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. To achieve these objectives, a strategy comprising two approaches was used. Firstly, a theoretical review was undertaken, to discuss both international and African debate on informal land markets models with regard to different views on Mozambican informal land markets. This theoretical review also covered the political economy of land in Mozambique. Secondly, empirical evidence was systematized in the form of a case study of the perceptions of determinants on informal land markets that was undertaken in Mogovolas district. The lack of clear policy regarding the informal land market in Mozambique produced a complex range of problems, between local people, between locals and new investors, between new investors, and between all these groups and the state. The large majority of smaller localised conflicts were, and continue to be, resolved by traditional authorities and local social-control mechanisms. Conflicts between local people and investors have proved much more complex. The role of the state has been unclear from the start and the state is still dysfunctional due to a lack of transparency, inefficiency, and corruption in management of land.</p>
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Rumčikienė, Gitana. "Lietuvos Respublikos žemės fondo administravimas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140603_134644-44176.
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Nuo 2010 m. liepos 1 d., kuomet įsigaliojo Žemės įstatymo ir Žemės reformos įstatymo pakeitimai, valstybės politiką žemės tvarkymo ir administravimo srityje įgyvendina ir dalyvauja ją formuojant pagrindinė institucija Nacionalinė žemės tarnyba. Lietuvos Respublikos žemės fondo administravimo nagrinėjimas turi tiek teorinę, tiek praktinę reikšmę. Svarbu pažymėti, kad valstybinės žemės tvarkymo ir administravimo reglamentavimas painus, sudėtingas, su egzistuojančiomis teisės aktų spragomis, todėl darbe išsamiai išnagrinėta žemės santykius reguliuojančių institucijų veikla, valstybinės žemės ūkio paskirties žemės pardavimo teisniais aspektai. Taip pat įvertinta ar apskričių panaikinimas užtikrino geresnį žemės fondo administravimą.<br>Since 1 July 2010 after the commencement of amendments of Land law and Land reform state policy in the area of Land resources management and administration has been implemented and led by the main authority National Land Service. The analysis of the Land fund administration of the Republic of Lithuania has both theoretical and practical significance. It is important to point out that state land management and administration regulation is rather intricate, complicated, with existing legal loopholes, therefore, the paper analyses in detail the work of institutions regulating land relations, and legal aspects of the sale of state agricultural land. The work also assesses whether the abolition of counties can ensure better Land fund administration.
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Grice, Cheryl Denise-Roshell. "Diversity awareness perceptions among classified staff at a Midwestern Land Grant University." Diss., Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8636.
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Doctor of Education<br>Department of Educational Leadership<br>Sarah Jane Fishback<br>Diversity is recognized by acknowledging individual differences. The term diversity can refer to an array of descriptors such as, race, religion, color, gender, national origin, disabilities, sexual orientation, age, level of education, geographic origin, economic status, family status, appearance/physical size and skill characteristics. Although there are multiple definitions of diversity, many include at least one or all of the attributes listed above.
This qualitative study examined perceptions of classified employees regarding the level of diversity awareness among their workforce at a large Midwestern land grant university. The sample was purposefully selected from the population of classified support staff using both scores from Dahm’s (2006) Organizational Diversity Needs Analysis (ODNA) and responses to demographic questions. This survey was designed to measure diversity awareness in the workplace using the dimensions; cultural inclusion or exclusion, organizational inclusion or exclusion, workload, trust, sensitivity and affirmative action. Demographic information used to select the sample for this study included; age (Generation Y, Generation X and Baby Boomers), gender (male and female), and race and ethnicity (White and all others, for example: African American, Asian American, Hispanic and Native American).
Semi-formal, one-on-one interviews were conducted with the participants by the researcher in this study. Additionally a theme emerged that expressed the “good old boy” system as being “alive and well”; differential treatment among staff who did not have the same or similar levels of education; positional power and situational occurrences whereby individuals who appeared different were treated unfairly or without respect by other staff, faculty or students at the university. Findings included a difference in perceptions about diversity awareness between Whites and non Whites. Whites fell into the following categories; 1) Many employees felt the current status of diversity awareness was sufficient, 2) an equal number of others felt that their needed to be an increase in diversity awareness initiatives among employees, 3) others felt as though diversity awareness was problematic or 4) the need did not exist for diversity awareness initiatives. Non White participants disagreed, all claimed to have been the victim of discriminatory behavior.
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Mesic, Selma. "The 'Green' Land Grabs : How the rush for biofuels is impacting land rights in Tanzania." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-384254.
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The last decade has witnessed an exponential interest in land investments across numerous industries in the developed countries. Africa has been particularly targeted for investments, increasingly for biofuel production. Though land investments can boost local economies when realized in an equitable manner, many reports also point to large-scale displacements and loss of land for local landowners. There remain empirical unclarities on the subject, and theoretical and analytical frameworks are underdeveloped in explaining the conditions and factors that determine outcomes. This thesis is exploring the effects of land investments on land tenure security through the lens of credible commitment and neo-patrimonial theory, with a focus on biofuel production in Tanzania as the chosen qualitative case study. The analysis is based on two specific jatropha investments in Tanzania: Sun Biofuels and Diligent Ltd. The research contribution of the thesis is in merging two theoretical approaches, CCT and Neo-patrimonialism, and applying it to a new research area of land investments in order to establish an understanding of their effects on local land tenure security.
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Kunbuor, Benjamin Bewa-Nyog. "Decentralisation and land administration in the Upper West Region of Ghana : a spatial exploration of law in development." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2000. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/39305/.
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Decentralisation for local community development has become the new paradigm of development discourse in Ghana in the present times. There is currently an elaborate legal framework in Ghana on decentralisation as a means for addressing local community development. The role of law in development is therefore implicated in the discourse. This study raises provocative, startling and challenging questions not only on the decentralisation programme, but the appropriate theoretical framework for reading the role of law in development. The study argues that decentralisation in Ghana is a spatial strategy of the state for addressing the crisis of its political economy and not one necessarily for local community development. Taking its starting point in land administration in the Upper West Region of Ghana (predominantly agrarian communities), the study explores how the objectives of decentralisation in Ghana address the subjectivity of development needs of local communities in Ghana. The study's contention is that the legal regime of the decentralisation programme and its praxis fail to address a pertinent development concern (land) of the Upper West communities. The study argues that if local community development were the object of the programme, it would perforce address the problematic of land administration that is an important concern for predominantly subsistence farming communities. The study also demonstrates how a spatial reading of social phenomenon provides critical insights to an understanding of the role of law in development. The study is based on a field study conducted in Ghana and among the communities of the Upper West Region, through interviews with officials of institutions, traditional authorities and civil society organisations. The interviews were complemented by written primary and secondary sources. Primary sources include documents from the National Archives in Ghana and from decentralised institutions in the Upper West Region. Secondary sources include unpublished essays and theses, books, articles, reported cases in the Ghana Law Reports, unreported and/or pending cases in the Ghanaian courts.
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Es-said, Aida Asim. "The land tenure system in modern palestine : A deconstruction of the role of Zionism in the British Administration." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511512.
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Boyden, Peter Bruce. "A study in the structure of land holding and administration in Essex in the late Anglo-Saxon period." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1986. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/28849.
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This study explores some of the implications of the distribution of estates between the landholders of Essex in 1066. Emphasis is placed on the immediate background of land ownership in Essex during the reign of Edward the Confessor, though some attention is paid to the earlier history of the shire. The principal source for the investigation is the pre-Conquest data recorded in the Essex folios of Domesday Book. In the first part the broad outlines of the structure of landholding society are considered. Particular attention is paid to those with large amounts of land, although the less extensive holdings of, freemen and sokemen are also discussed. Charters, will's and other pre-Conquest documents provide information on the earlier tenurial history of some estates, and from them and other evidence a model is proposed of the trends in land tenure in Essex between c900 and 1066. In an appendix identifiable lay landholders are listed with details of their estates, whilst in the body of the text the pre-Conquest holdings of ecclesiastical institutions are examined in detail. The second part of the study considers the evolution of the institutions 'of public administration within the shire, and where relevant the influence upon them of powerful landholders. This influence is seen most clearly in the hundreds, and an attempt is made to reconstruct the earlier history of the 1066 Essex hundreds, in particular the evolution of those in the west of the shire. The varying fortunes of the Essex burhs are considered in the light of the output from their mints. To complete the picture evidence of pre-Conquest private lordship - soke, -and commendation - is examined.
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Wilson, Jon E. "Governing property, making law : land, local society and colonial discourse in Agrarian Bengal, c.1785-1830." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368131.
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Whaley, Sherrie Renee. "Manager and employee perceptions of factors that inhibit or enhance creativity in land-grant university communication units specializing in agricultural, home economics, youth, and community and natural resource development programs." Connect to resource, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1249499897.
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Sakal, O., and N. Tretiak. "Land accounting as the institutional framework for sustainable development." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/36286.
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Land as means and subject of the work, spatial basis is a driving factor of sustainable development, which conducted Ukraine to face an urgent problem of modernization of land administration systems towards the newest type. One of the key components of effective land administration as the institutional framework for sustainable development territories of any scale is the administration of information of land resources and land use.
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