Articles Thématiques

Banks, G. (2013). Little by little, inch by inch: Project expansion assessments in the Papua New Guinea mining industry. Resources Policy, 38(4), 688-695. 01-10-2015

Social impact assessment (SIA) has traditionally been practiced as an ex-ante predictive tool in the context of regulatory approval by government agencies. This model of SIA developed by Burdge and others is based on ‘greenfields’ development, of a new project going in to areas where there are no, or relatively few, similar types of development. […]


Everett, M. (2001). Evictions and human rights: land disputes in Bogotá, Colombia. Habitat international, 25(4), 453-471. 01-10-2015

Even though many governments in Latin America, including Colombia, have improved the legalization and regularization of peripheral settlements, recognized the right to housing, and acknowledged the United Nations’ position on evictions as violations of fundamental human rights, urban displacement continues. Forced eviction brings devastation to families and neighborhoods and hampers efforts to improve large areas […]


Yegbemey, R. N., Yabi, J. A., Tovignan, S. D., Gantoli, G., & Kokoye, S. E. H. (2013). Farmers’ decisions to adapt to climate change under various property rights: A case study of maize farming in northern Benin (West Africa). Land Use Policy, 34, 168-175. 01-10-2015

Making the assumption that property rights might determine whether farmers adopt particular strategies, this study aims at modelling farmers’ decisions to adapt to climate change by focusing on their property rights – declined as institutional arrangements on land and rights on land – as well as their socio-economic and demographic characteristics. The case study took […]


Yegbemey, R. N., Yabi, J. A., Tovignan, S. D., Gantoli, G., & Kokoye, S. E. H. (2013). Farmers’ decisions to adapt to climate change under various property rights: A case study of maize farming in northern Benin (West Africa). Land Use Policy, 34, 168-175. 01-10-2015

Land-use planning can be defined as a programme of state intervention in land use and environmental change to mediate conflicts of interests over how land should be used, developed, and coordinate individual activities which if left to proceed otherwise would lead to an environment for living that is characterised by negative externalities, inefficient use of […]


Hesseling, G. S. (1992). Pratiques foncières à l’ombre du droit: l’application du droit foncier urbain à Ziguinchor, Sénégal (p. 214). African Studies Centre, Leiden. 01-10-2015

Dans cette étude l’auteur analyse les problèmes liés à l’application du droit foncier dans la ville de Ziguinchor, capitale de la région méridionale du Sénégal. Le titre de cet ouvrage évoque les pratiques foncières de tous les acteurs: l’État (composé de différents groupes, tendances, fractions) et les populations (également composées de groupes occupant des positions […]