Summary Knight V United Land association, outlines a court case which originated with a complaint filed on November 23rd 1880 alleging that the plaintiff, Thomas Knight was the lawful owner of premises in the city of San Francisco located by Barry channel,(seventh, and eighth street )also known as block #40. From the plaintiff’s perspective he was entitled to the possession of the land, and had been wrongfully dispossessed of his property by the defendant who continued to hold such unlawful possession
delivering peri-urban land and attached properties for public purpose in the study area. The findings of the study ascertain that the problems associated with the legal, technical and institutional aspects of compulsory land acquisition in Modjo town peri-urban land valuation and compensation are numerous and the practices are full of inconsistencies, unfairness, and are not standardized. There are procedural problems in implementing the law regarding compulsorily acquiring land such as lack of advance
of why many rural households choose to undertake different means of livelihoods instead of farming? Finding answers to this question will certainly help develop policy and design programs to alleviate these challenges. Therefore, the overall purpose and goal of this study is to assess and analyze food access and livelihood strategy and choices of rural households in the study
KENYAN STATE SPONSORED VIOLENCE AGAINST ITS PEOPLE. A CASE OF THE SENGWER PEOPLE IN ELGEYO MARAKWET COUNTY IN KENYA. Research question The proposed study will seek to answer the following questions How can the government tackle environment conservation without violent evictions of the Sengwer people? How can the Sengwer people be partners in the conservation of the forest? What are the positive Sengwer religious-cultural beliefs and practices that promote environment conservation? Literature
was there in Canadian literature long before the advent of ecocriticism and discuss both the continuities and ruptures in Canadian studies that reveal "nature" to be a seminal yet shifting and unstable concept and site of investigation. Ecology, the relation between individuals and the physical environment also encompasses a deep sense of belonging to a society, a land, a culture and community, being indispensable to one's existence. In the early 1970s Canadian cultural nationalism positioned wilderness
production approaches aiming to maintaining sustainable production and at the same time minimizing the ecological impact of agriculture practices. Although the primary role of agriculture is to produce food and fiber, many other functions, such as land conservation, maintenance of landscape structure, sustainable management of natural resources, preservation of biodiversity, and offering to the economic viability of rural areas are also important (Boody et al. 2005). This multifunctional role of
development and examine whether the two ideas that have evolved in developing countries in the West have any relevance in the context of Southeast Asia. The cities in Southeast Asia are currently subjecting to rapid urbanisation and expansion. Through the case study of Jakarta, the essay will evaluate upon three major aspects namely economic, environmental and social performances to explore models and strategies suitable for sustainable development of cities in Southeast Asia. Review of literature Much of
clear memories of my childhood. We did numerous activities ranging from canoeing to simply strolling through the forest. Being surrounded by nature, I immediately became overwhelmed with this sense of peace of being in the center of land; untouched by human hands. A land that seemed completely unaware of what’s going on in the rest of the world. Never really being able to forget this, I always looked back on this memory contemplating on if I’ll ever get to see it again. High school comes along and
was prepared considering various risk factors that are associated with construction process. Risk factors were identified by conducting in person interviews with project managers and technical experts. The questionnaire survey was compared with a case study of a residential project. Survey results indicated that the design
Legal scholars and political scientists have devoted themselves to the study of courts world-wide. The need to understand and explain why judges act as they do in deciding and presid-ing over cases has also become a central issue. For instance, the dynamics of judicial politics in unstable or transitional democracies has been given special attention (Ginsburg and Moustafa 2008). Moreover, the influence of judicial authority in many countries is growing and judges are making politically inclined decisions