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Rethinking global land use in an urban era : [result of the 14th Ernst Strüngmann Forum, held Sept. 23 - 28, 2012, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany]
Seto, Karen C. (ed.); Reenberg, Anette (contributor);  … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010346267
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Land fictions : the commodification of land in city and country
Ghertner, D. Asher (ed.); Lake, Robert W. (ed.) - 2021
"Bringing together original research on urban, rural and peri-urban India, rapidly urbanizing China and Southeast Asia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012225107
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Property rights from below : commodification of land and the counter-movement
Schutter, Olivier de; Rajagopal, Balakrishnan - 2020
"As formerly community-owned land and natural resources are privatized and titling schemes proliferate, Property Rights from Below questions the trend towards treating land as a commodity and explores alternatives to the Western model."
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012128069
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Towards an Urban Land Resource Curse? A Fresh Perspective on a Long-Standing Issue
Zinnbauer, Dieter - 2015
Urban land governance is one of the central challenges not just for urban but also more broadly for global development in times of rapid urbanisation. This paper advances a fresh perspective to look at urban land by exploring to what extent it could be characterised as a resource curse problem....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014131832
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Cities and space : the future use of urban land ; essays from the 4. RFF forum
Webber, Melvin M.; Tankel, Stanley B.; Wurster, … - 1963
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000566488
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City limits : putting the brakes on sprawl
Sheehan, Molly O'Meara - 2001
Introduction -- How motor vehicles take over cities -- The costs of sprawl -- Three cities that chose livability over sprawl -- Linking transportation and land use policies -- Erasing the incentives to sprawl -- Restructuring government institutions -- Creating constituencies for change --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001609629
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The suburban land question : a global survey
Harris, Richard (ed.); Lehrer, Ute (ed.) - 2018
"As part of the urbanization process, suburban development involves the conversion of rural land to urban use. When … suburban development, focusing on issues associated with the scale and pace of rapid urbanization around the world. Editors … of suburban land development. Featuring case studies from major world regions, including China, India, Latin America …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011795796
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The rush for land in an urbanizing world : from land grabbing toward developing safe, resilient, and sustainable cities and landscapes
Zoomers, Annelies; Noorloos, Femke van; Otsuki, Kei; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 92 (2017), pp. 242-252
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011750536
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The skyscraper revolution : global economic development and land savings
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Baum-Snow, Nathaniel; Jedwab, Remi - 2023
Tall buildings are central to facilitating sustainable urbanization and growth in cities worldwide. We estimate average …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014433980
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The skyscraper revolution : global economic development and land savings
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Baum-Snow, Nathaniel; Jedwab, Remi - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014436773