This paper is concerned with the question how we should understand cases on property rights in general, and land economics particular, which a remarkable level of growth (or other measures institutional performance) combined so-called ‘perverse’ institutions. That to say institutions that are not proposed by neoliberal politics, insights mainstream (orthodoxy) especially related market policies...

E-collaboration users tend to abandon their technology when they feel dissatisfied by their experience, even if they have been productive. It is therefore important to understand the causes of satisfaction so we can design and deploy e-collaboration in ways that make users both productive and satisfied. We advance a theory proposing satisfaction as a function of a perceived change in the likeli...

Executive Summary Increasing global demand for food and the need to address climate change risk make it ever more urgent to both protect ecosystems and use land more productively and efficiently. Brazil is a key player in this context and has made significant gains in recent decades. Between 1970 and 2006, its average national cattle farm productivity doubled and its average national crop farm ...

This paper aims to introduce and discuss six challenges and issues facing the development of SDIs which will be able to meet the sustainable development objectives of society. These issues and challenges include: SDI to facilitate spatially enabled government Role of government, private and academic sectors Development of SDI vision, mission and road map – where are we heading? SDI to facilitat...

Title of Dissertation: THREE ESSAYS ON NON-BALANCED ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, AND THE REGULATION OF PUBLIC LAND IN THE UNITED STATES Michael H. Taylor, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014 Dissertation directed by: Professor Robert G. Chambers Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics This dissertation is comprised of three essays. The first essay, "The Spatial Consequences of Non-Bala...

This paper summarizes the literature on spatial filtering for analysis of spatial data, as proposed by Griffith (2000a). Given the scarcity of its application in transportation and its fledgling nature, preliminary case studies were conducted using continuous and discrete response data sets, for land values and land use, in comparison with results from spatial autoregressive models with distanc...

Land registration and cadastral systems exist in great variety. This paper describes the rich history of Zambian land tenure systems and discusses the present land tenure system. Zambia has a dual land tenure system: customary tenure and formal title registration. In the customary system the chiefs regulate the allocation of the land. They rule with the consent of their people. This system is c...

Zoning has always been one of the basic tools of land use control available. Zoning is the regulation and restriction of land uses according to a predetermined plan. This paper will present a look at conventional zoning, its origins, the evolution of the zoning, and the scope of zoning types. Regardless of the varieties, most zoning codes can be classified into at least one of the following bro...