Property rights: Principles of customary land and urban development in Fiji
| Autor: | Neelesh Gounder, Chethna Ben |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Property (philosophy)
Constitution media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Cultural group selection 0211 other engineering and technologies 021107 urban & regional planning Forestry 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Property rights Urban planning Political economy Urbanization Sustainability Business Customary land 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation media_common |
| Zdroj: | Land Use Policy. 87:104089 |
| ISSN: | 0264-8377 |
| Popis: | The complex nature of the various property right mechanisms towards development has remained elusive in the Pacific communities. Fiji's property rights, in particular, have a distinct cultural or ethnic dimension in the constitution. As a result, urban development is shaped by ways in which people from different cultural groups gain access to customary land either as formalized laws or enduring customary practices. This has had different implications on urban development, resource allocation, productive activities, capacity development, the opportunity to enhance the value of property, and access to land market for trade. This paper thus constructs a theoretical model based on property rights identified by Crocombe (1975) and the application of western rules that govern development of urban areas, and ultimately, resolves that policy makers need better institutional arrangements towards customary land to be able to achieve sustainability and security of property rights. The relationship of property rights, customary land and urban development is explored. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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