Land Governance and Gender : : The Tenure-Gender Nexus in Land Management and Land Policy.

• Author: Chigbu, Uchendu Eugene.
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : CAB International,, 2021.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 pages)

This book offers conceptual and empirical studies of land governance, focusing on land management approaches, land policy issues, advances in pro-poor land tenure, and land -based gender concerns. Topics include creating new understandings, exploring alternative approaches for land managment and land tenure and viewing vistas of tenure experiences.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgement -- 1 Introducing Land Governance and Gender in the Context of Land Tenure -- Part 1: Concepts, Debates and Perspectives on the Governance and Gender Aspects of Land -- 2 Gender, Structural Inequality and Just Governance -- 3 Land Tenure and the Nuanced Gender Debates in Sub-Saharan Africa: Realities and Illusions -- 4 Land Governance and Gender in Support of the Global Agenda 2030 -- 5 Governing African Land in an Era of Instability -- Part 2: Tenure-Gender Dimensions in Land Management, Land Administration and Land Policy -- 6 Advancing Women's Position by Recognizing and Strengthening Customary Land Rights: Lessons from Community-Based Land Interventions in Mozambique -- 7 Women's Insights on Bargaining for Land in Customary Tenure Systems: Land Access as an Individual and Collective Issue -- 8 Gender-Sensitivity in Land Management: Trajectory of Housing, Agriculture and Land Ownership in South Korea -- 9 Analysing Non-Legal Barriers to Land Ownership by Women -- Part 3: Applications and Experiences: Techniques, Strategies, Tools, Methods and Case Studies -- 10 The Evolvement of Land Consolidation in Rural China from the Perspective of Governing Tension between Construction Land Expansion and Farmland Protection -- 11 Discourse on Women and Land Tenure in Ghana: Does a Matrilineal Land Tenure System Make a Difference for Women? -- 12 The Gender Dimensions of Land Tenure Reforms in Ethiopia 1995-2020 -- 13 The Paradox of Islamic Land Governance and Gender Equality -- Part 4: Land Governance, Gender and Tenure Innovations -- 14 Transforming Legal Status of Customary Land Rights: What this Means for Women and Men in Rural Africa -- 15 Women and Land Inheritance under Legal Pluralism in Lesotho.

16 Tenure-Responsive Zoning Regulations for Better Gender Equality in Land Management in Kigali City, Rwanda -- 17 New Hope and Future for Rural Areas under COVID-19 Circumstances? Rural Development, Pandemic Liveability and Reverse Migration -- 18 Using Urban Literacy to Strengthen Land Governance and Women's Empowerment in Peri-Urban Communities of San Andrés Cholula, Mexico -- 19 Land Governance and Gender for a Tenure-Responsive Future -- Index -- Back Cover.