Land development patterns in the Piedmont Industrial Crescent

Land is at the centre of crucial public debates ranging from climate adaptation to housing and development, to agriculture and indigenous peoples’ rights. These debates frequently ...

The Ramu–Madang survey covered an area of approximately 20,460 km2 or about three quarters of Madang Province, with altitude ranging from sea level to ~3,000 m in five physiographi...

The Ord–Victoria area survey was conducted between 1949 and 1952 though not updated and published until 1970. The survey covered ~232,300 km2 in six physical regi...

The Mitchell–Normanby area survey was conducted at the request of the Queensland government to meet the need for improved knowledge of the country to underpin rational development....

While situating and contextualizing land-grabbing in Kashmir within the global land-grabbing debate, this chapter provides a detailed and critical account of the dominant assumptio...

This chapter explains why the shift from state developmentalism to neoliberalism in India transformed the Rajasthan state government into a land broker state. During the developmen...

Titles in the Core Text series take the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing focused, concise, and reliable guides for students at all levels. This chapter introd...