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Maps are instrumental in the commodification of land and its exchange in markets. The critical cartog- raphy literature emphasizes the ‘‘power of maps” to (re)define property relations through their descrip- tive and prescriptive attributes. But how do maps work to achieve these outcomes?
"El presente trabajo surgió como una propuesta conjunta durante los encuentros propiciados por FAU- AL, donde se identificó por un lado, la deficiencia generalizada en cuanto a los mecanismos para la participación efectiva de las mujeres; y por otro lado, la necesidad de reconocer su papel fundam
For decades, policymakers and development practitioners have debated benefits and threats of property rights formalization and private versus customary tenure systems.
In many developing countries, people rely on natural resources for subsistence and cash income.
This article studies the influence of local knowledge on the impact of science on institutional change in ecological and environmental management.
Property of law of the landed property completeness and organization of the agriculture reveals in an empery of the owner over the property; variety, completeness of objects of the real rights; will of the owner acting at discretion and in the interest; the wide set of its competences; the system
This paper investigates empirically the effect of land invasions on farm production decisions. The main hypothesis is that more invasions in a region are associated with lower investment, and in particular a bias towards annual crops as opposed to long‐term crops.
This article presents a model to help explain the transition path from one water management system to another, typically a commons framework to one of tradable permit‐based property rights.