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Sustainable land management is essential to meeting the global challenge of securing soil and water resources that can support an ever increasing population.
The dilemma between preserving farmland and urbanization has attracted many policymakers’ attention. One sound solution that has been practiced in several developed countries is the “transfer of development rights” (TDR).
It is essential to understand how urban plans affect urban growth patterns in order to improve current urban planning and management systems.
Much of the research on urbanization has focused on how rural populations move to cities for work opportunities. This paper takes a different perspective on the relations between rural populations and urbanization.
As the global population continues to increase, rural areas are expected to accommodate future growth at the same time as continuing to feed growing populations. This tension is greatest on those who farm land that is earmarked for future urban growth.
The environmental consequences of the decision to urbanise and displace peri-urban (PU) food production are not typically evaluated within a comprehensive, cross-sectoral approach.
Estudio descriptivo y exploratorio sobre la situación general del desarrollo rural y sus principales actores en los cuatro países andinos, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú. Se realizó con la colaboración de consultores en cada país.
En el documento se pretende hacer una contextualización de lo que ha sido el desarrollo rural en Colombia, tomando como referencia las estrategias que desde el contexto internacional se han diseñado para menguar la problemática social del medio rural, algunos enfoques nacionales que se ha impleme
La Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, con la colaboración de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y la Organización Internacional de Trabajo (OIT) realizó durante los años 2009-2011 una investigación regional titulada Políticas de mercado de traba
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