Communities, Land and Social Innovation

Communities, Land and Social Innovation
Author: Pieter Van den Broeck
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2020-05-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1788973771

This timely and thought-provoking book examines the contemporary struggle of communities over land ownership and use rights in rapidly urbanising areas, analysing 12 key case studies from across four continents. Contributions from an international team of researchers, policy analysts and experts explore both neoliberal urban development policies and socially innovative initiatives, providing a state-of-the-art reflection of the field and contributing to an agenda for future research, policy and practice.

Rooted in the Land

Rooted in the Land
Author: William Vitek
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 303
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0300065418

This book is a collection of new and previously published essays that take as their central theme the importance of 'placed' human beings, but each of us is enriched to the extent that we can belong to, and participate in, a well-ordered human community integrated into the natural landscape of a particular place.

Community on Land

Community on Land
Author: Janel M. Curry
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2002
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Curry (dean for research and scholarship, Calvin College, Michigan) and McGuire (sociology, Muskingum College, Ohio) examine the European legacy of agriculture and colonization on American concepts of community and land. Focusing on the social and environmental consequences, they advocate community governance as a policy alternative. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Transforming Community Development with Land Information Systems

Transforming Community Development with Land Information Systems
Author: Sarah Treuhaft
Publisher: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Community development
ISBN: 9781558441798

This report is part of a multiyear research and action project by PolicyLink, the Urban Institute, and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to advance the field of parcel data systems and their application to community revitalization and equitable development. (See inside back cover for more information about the participating organizations.) It builds on research summarized in a recent Lincoln Institute working paper, The Potential of Parcel-Based GIS in Community Development and Urban Land Management (Chandler et al. 2006), which was presented to a group of community data systems experts in June 2006. At that meeting, attendees expressed the need for case studies to illustrate the value of integrated parcel data systems for the practice of community development. This report represents a first step toward cataloguing the most promising applications of these land information systems.