Entrepreneurship role in the co-production of public services in informal settlements− A scoping review

Y Adewunmi, UE Chigbu, S Mwando, U Kahireke - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
From a land-use planning perspective, informal settlements emerge because of dysfunctions
in contemporary cities, leading to inequities in living conditions and exclusions of people in …

Farmland fragmentation and defragmentation nexus: Scoping the causes, impacts, and the conditions determining its management decisions

PD Ntihinyurwa, WT de Vries - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Theoretically, both land fragmentation and consolidation (defragmentation) approaches are
considered as tools of land management. However, although a large literature about the …

The positive impacts of farm land fragmentation in Rwanda

PD Ntihinyurwa, WT de Vries, UE Chigbu… - Land Use Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Land fragmentation and land consolidation are two interrelated concepts of land
management. The dominant discourse is that fragmented land ownership and land use tend …

Digitization as a driver fur rural development—an indicative description of German coworking space users

M Hölzel, WT de Vries - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The urban-rural land divide is visible through where people choose to work.
This article aims to detect how, where and why people use rural coworking spaces instead …

Establishment of land use suitability mapping criteria using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) with practitioners and beneficiaries

F Morales Jr, WT de Vries - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
The presence of land use conflicts is often unavoidable as land is finite and a scarce
resource. With development as a prime goal, the increasing demands for specific uses make …

Masculinity, men and patriarchal issues aside: How do women's actions impede women's access to land? Matters arising from a peri-rural community in Nigeria

UE Chigbu - Land Use Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
There have been many contributions to the understanding of how gender functions impede
women's access to land. However, particular frameworks concerning how women contribute …

Farmland fragmentation, farmland consolidation and food security: Relationships, research lapses and future perspectives

PD Ntihinyurwa, WT de Vries - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Farmland fragmentation and farmland consolidation are two sides of the same coin
paradoxically viewed as farmland management tools. While there is a vast body of literature …

Participation in property formation: Insights from land-use planning in an informal urban settlement in Tanzania

MJ Gwaleba, UE Chigbu - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
This study argues that where land-use planning of any kind is conducted, it plays a
supporting role that enables the property formation process to be effective. It uses evidence …

Digital twin for active stakeholder participation in land-use planning

D Adade, WT de Vries - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
The active participation of stakeholders is a crucial requirement for effective land-use
planning (LUP). Involving stakeholders in LUP is a way of redistributing the decision-making …

An evaluation of massive land interventions for the relocation of capital cities

TX Hackbarth, WT de Vries - Urban Science, 2021 - mdpi.com
Across the world, capital cities are being relocated. Such practices have existed almost as
long as capitals themselves. Against the background of the relocation of Indonesia's seat of …