The global land grab : beyond the hype /: beyond the hype. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mayke Kaag and Annelies Zoomers.
• Other Names: Kaag, Maria Margaretha Antonia; Zoomers, E. B
• Contents: Introduction: the global land grab hype -- and why it is important to move beyond -- Mayke Kaag and Annelies Zoomers Part I: Africa1. Modernizing the periphery: citizenship and Ethiopia's new agricultural investment policies -- George Schoneveld and Maru Shete 2. Large-scale land acquisitions in Tanzania: a critical analysis of practices and dynamics -- Jumanne Abdallah, Linda Engström, Kjell Havnevik and Lennart Salomonsson 3. Kenya and the 'global land grab: a view from below -- Jacqueline M. Klopp and Odenda Lumumba Part II: Latin America4. The rapid expansion of genetically modified soy production into the Chaco region of Argentina -- Lucia Goldfarb and Annelies Zoomers 5. Transnational land investment in Costa Rica: tracing residential tourism and its implications for development -- Femke van Noorloos 6. Water grabbing in the Andean region: illustrative cases from Peru and Ecuador -- Rutgerd Boelens, Antonio Gaybor and Jan Hendriks Part III: Asia7. Land governance and oil palm development: examples from Riau Province, Indonesia -- Ari Susanti and Suseno Budidarsono 8. Vietnam in the debate on land grabbing: conversion of agricultural land for urban expansion and hydropower development -- Pham Huu Ty, Nguyen Quang Phuc and Guus van Westen 9. 'Land grabbing' in Cambodia: land rights in a post-conflict setting -- Michelle McLinden Nuijen, Men Prachvuthy and Guus van Westen 10. Beyond the Gulf State investment hype: the case of Indonesia and the Philippines -- Gerben Nooteboom and Laurens Bakker 11. Tracing the dragon's footsteps: a deconstruction of the discourse on China's foreign land investments -- Peter Ho and Irna Hofman Conclusion: beyond the global land grab hype -- ways forward in research and action -- Annelies Zoomers and Mayke Kaag ;
• Publisher Details: Halifax London : Fernwood Publishing Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (274 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 274; Land use -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Eminent domain -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Eminent domain; Land use; Social conditions; Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Case studies; Developing countries; Case studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781780328966; 1780328966; 9781780328973; 1780328974
• Related ISBNs: 9781552666661; 9781780328942; 9781780328959
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 14, 2014).
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