The perversion of public land distribution by landed elites: Power, inequality and development in Colombia

Public Land Distribution in Saudi Arabia

Geographical Journal ◽

10.2307/633938 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 150 (1) ◽

pp. 87

Author(s):

Keith McLachlan ◽

Hassan Hamza Hajrah

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Public Land ◽

Land Distribution

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Public Land Distribution in Saudi Arabia

Arab Law Quarterly ◽

10.2307/3381761 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 359 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hassan Hamza Hajrah

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Public Land ◽

Land Distribution

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Gardening as More than Urban Agriculture: Perspectives from Smaller Midwestern Cities on Urban Gardening Policies and Practices

Case Studies in the Environment ◽

10.1525/cse.2018.001545 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Christopher Strunk ◽

Ursula Lang

Keyword(s):

Urban Agriculture ◽

Green Space ◽

Private Property ◽

Community Gardens ◽

Public Land ◽

Vacant Lots ◽

Urban Gardening ◽

Privately Owned ◽

Policies And Practices

For the most part, research and policymaking on urban gardening have focused on community gardens, whether in parks, vacant lots, or other public land. This emphasis, while important for many Midwestern cities, can obscure the significance of privately owned land such as front yard and back yard and their crucial connections with gardening on public land. In this case study, we examine how policies and practices related to gardening and the management of green space in two Midwestern cities exceed narrow visions of urban agriculture. The article explores the cultivation of vacant lot gardens and private yards as two modes of property in similar Midwestern contexts and argues that the management of green space is about more than urban agriculture. Instead, we show how urban gardening occurs across public/private property distinctions and involves a broader set of actors than those typically included in sustainability policies. Gardening also provides a key set of connections through which neighbors understand and practice sustainability in Midwestern cities.

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Input Use and Productivity across Farm Sizes: A Comparison of the Two Punjabs

The Pakistan Development Review ◽

10.30541/v27i4iipp.595-604 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 27 (4II) ◽

pp. 595-604 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eshya Mujahid Mukhtar ◽

Hanid Mukhtar

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Practices ◽

Distribution Networks ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Government Policies ◽

Economic Costs ◽

Land Distribution ◽

Input Use ◽

Policy Measures ◽

Ideal Framework ◽

Productivity Gains

Agricultural production depends upon certain crucial inputs e.g., water, fertilizer etc. In the less developed regions of South Asia in general, and the indo-Pakistan sub-continent in particular, the use of these inputs depends not only upon the financial affordability but also upon the institutional accessibility of farmers to these inputs. Besides high economic costs, bureaucratic controls and corruption regarding the distribution of inputs have created problems of limited accessibility, especially to the small farmers. In the absence of any credit, information and/or input distribution networks, the use of these inputs, and related productivity gains, become confined to that class of farmers which not only has better access to these inputs but is capable of using them in the best possible way e.g. use of water and fertilizer in the appropriate amount and at the appropriate time. This paper attempts to study how input use and input productivity vary across farm sizes, with some reference to the infrastructural and institutional factors, whose development play an important role in improving the distribution and productivity of inputs. For such an analysis, a comparison of the two Punjabs i.e. Pakistani and Indian Punjabs, presents an ideal framework, Separated by a national boundary since 1947, the two Punjabs enjoy a common history and culture, similar agricultural practices and agro-climatic conditions, Government policies in the two Punjabs, however, have not only differed between the two provinces at the same time, but also over time in the same province. It may be noted that due to certain policy measures, land distribution, tenancy conditions, promotion of agricultural co-operatives and provision of infrastructural features, such as roads and electricity, are relatively more improved in Indian than Pakistani Punjab.

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