This dissertation is a compilation of three essays on the economics of land and forest use under endogenous tenure insecurity, incentive based strategies (e.g., payment for carbon sequestration and avoided deforestation), and intergenerational land transfer motive. The first ess…
Housing environments are the places where its residents spend most of their time in. In Turkey, housing types that have been built in the past have over time. Especially during the past decade, due to the concentration of people in the city centers and the nations goals on housi…
This thesis endeavours to examine the relations between the British planning system and the Muslim community in London. It sought as well to find out how the British Planning System deals with planning applications from the Muslim community for the development of mosques in Lond…
Changes in climate, land-use, and land cover alter estuarine nutrient loads, particularly in systems with strong land-sea connectivity. Process-based water quality models are commonly used to assess how upstream changes in hydrology and land management influence downstream estua…
Şehirler, tarihi süreçte yaşanan farklı siyasi ve kültürel şartlara uyum sağlayarak gelişen ve değişen beşerî yapılardır. Tarihin ilk dönemlerinden günümüze kadar çeşitli koşullar altında değişen ve gelişen şehirlerden biri de Nusaybin’dir. Nusaybin, nüfus özellikleri bakımından…
This thesis is a review of studies on Rural to Urban Migration in Africa and Latin America. The differences and similarities at a continent, country and city level in the period spanning: 1955–1980 are discussed. Review of comparison begins at a continent level in Africa. Like m…
Human influences on the urban environment depend on the population size, population concentration, and landuse organization. In Kuwait, the urban organization relies heavily on the population structure and concentration. Daily practices and occupations which result in changes in…
This dissertation investigates livelihood and land use change dynamics in a community at the farm-forest periphery in highland Ethiopia. I use interviews and livelihood assessment data to compare the strategies used by members of different wealth groups to negotiate and maintain…
East Iowa experienced large flooding during June of 2008. This study used Cuencas hydrological model to simulate the discharges of June 2008 at Eldorado and Elkader, in the Turkey River Watershed, in North East Iowa. The results of this study were used to test the performance of…
Tree plantations that use significant amounts of the government's financial and human resources have been established in Indonesia. Unfortunately, the result has not been satisfactory. One of the primary reasons for this is that the government acted unilaterally in determining t…
Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nın ardından Fransızların 1946 yılına kadar işgal ettiği Suriye’de bağımsızlıktan kısa süre sonra başlayan darbeler silsilesi; 1963’te Baas Partisi’nin güçlenerek iktidara gelmesiyle sonuçlanmıştır. 1970’de askeri darbeyle iktidarı ele geçiren Hafız Esad, ül…
Bir arsa üzerinde ortak mülkiyet hakkının bağımsız bölümlere tahsis edilen kısımlarını arsa payı denir. Bu sebepten dolayı bağımsız bölümler için en önemli unsur, arsa paylarının adaletli bir biçimde paylaştırılmasıdır. Arsa payı kavramı yalnızca kat irtifakı veya direk kat mülk…
Across Sub-Saharan Africa, the lack of legalized or formally-recognized land tenure has been one of the most pressing and challenging development issues of the new millennium. Yet, up to 78 percent of the arable land remains without title. Some studies pointed out flaws in proje…
This dissertation is a multi-jurisdictional study on indigenous people’s land claims in the United States, South Africa, Canada, Australia, Brazil including regional and international systems like inter-American court of human rights. It explores the solution for Chittagong Hill…
Urban design and the placemaking profession are centered on a dominant model of spatial production of the public realm. Non-dominant groups, including the immigrant communities like Arabs, are underrepresented and often misrepresented in public spaces. This research aims first t…
PERU; país extraordinario por el patrimonio cultural con el que cuenta; poseedor de una de las siete maravillas del mundo moderno “Machu Picchu”; ciudadela que congregan turistas de diversas nacionalidades por su belleza; pero no solo tenemos esa riqueza patrimonial sino también…
El presente trabajo desarrolla el Plan Estratégico de la Región Lima Provincias, con alto potencial a desarrollar, debido a que cuenta con una gran variedad de recursos, los cuales podrían aprovecharse de mejor manera mediante las oportunidades encontradas en este trabajo, para …
Mediante el presente estudio, se busca analizar la viabilidad de llevar adelante un proyecto inmobiliario de vivienda multifamiliar en la ciudad de Trujillo, dirigido a un público objetivo del NSE C. El proyecto se desarrollará en un terreno rectangular en esquina, de 690 m2, co…