The relative scarcity of land resources to meet the growing needs of land-users has compelled land specialists to … consider the need for a better system in the proper use and management of land resource. Forestlands comprise a major component … of the national land and are currently the most degraded areas. In view of this, the study on hand proposes development …

leadership in local land use planning. The explanatory results highlight that the key to improve planners' leadership abilities …

Despite the pervasive nature of land use planning and land use regulation, evaluation of the costs and benefits of … microeconomic foundations, for the evaluation of benefits and costs of land use planning. The technique is applied to the Town and … Country Planning System of the UK. Evaluation is presented of gross benefits from several land use planning activities, the …

The paper examines evidence on the reasons for inefficient land management in Ghana. It argues that the perceived … custodians of land have consistently acted in their individual interest while successfully using a discourse of ‘communal’ to … private capital. In turn, the ‘public good’ outcomes the current land policies ostensibly seek to achieve have only been …

. The upswing in biofuel investments in Ghana led to large-scale land acquisitions by the private sector presided over by …Large-scale land acquisition in Africa has been the concern and the focus of growing global literature on land grabbing … chiefs. This research investigates how chiefs, in playing their traditional roles in the acquisition of land and as …

analyse the regional and local impacts of a new source of oil. Sekondi-Takoradi, an oil city located in Ghana, West Africa, is …

sustainability. This paper examines a case of appropriation of land in southern Ghana. The resultant environmental effects and the …Resistance and social innovation shape the outcomes of transnational land grabbing in terms of justice and … local relations. The case exhibits both resistance to land appropriation and some modest steps towards social innovation …