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Dispossession of land on a small scale can have as great an impact on living conditions as large-scale land-grabs. With the increasing commodification of land, new forms of dispossession, in urban as well as rural districts, are also gaining in importance. This book looks at this largely uninvestigated issue through case studies in the Eastern DRC, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda: here the loss of land often represents the loss of people's livelihoods in these areas of extreme land scarcity in highly populated regions. In the post-conflict states of the Great Lakes, governance challenges increase the risk of dispossession of the already poor and vulnerable: formal institutions are weak or biased; customary authorities have lost some of their moral authority. The cases in this book show in particular how local power dynamics, often rooted in history, bear upon the processes of land competition, dispossession and land grabbing. This timely volume will be important not only for those in African Studies, but for those in development studies, as well as practitioners and policy-makers worldwide.

Land tenure --- Land use --- Africa, East. --- Demokratische Republik Kongo. --- Burundi. --- Rwanda. --- Uganda. --- Grands lacs africains (région). --- Land --- Land utilization --- Use of land --- Utilization of land --- Economics --- Land cover --- Landscape assessment --- NIMBY syndrome --- Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land ownership --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Land use, Rural --- Real property --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Serfdom --- Afrique centrale --- Afrique orientale --- Republic of Uganda --- Republik Uganda --- Ouganda --- République d'Ouganda --- République de l'Ouganda --- Jamhuri ya Uganda --- Uganda --- 09.10.1962 --- -Republika y' u. Rwanda --- Rwanda --- République Rwandaise --- Republik Ruanda --- Republic of Rwanda --- Ruander --- Ruanda-Urundi --- 1962 --- -Urundi --- Uburundi --- Y'Uburundi --- Republika y'i Burundi --- Ingoma y'i Burundi --- Royaume du Burundi --- Republic of Burundi --- République du Burundi --- Republik Burundi --- Repuburika y'Uburundi --- Burunder --- -Kongo --- Congo --- DR Kongo --- DRC --- DRK --- RDC --- Kongo --- Zaïre --- Kongolesen --- Belgisch-Kongo --- 1960-1971 --- 1997 --- -British East --- East Africa --- 01.07.1962 --- -Afrique centrale --- Africa. --- An Ansoms. --- Dispossession. --- Governance Challenges. --- Great Lakes. --- Land-grabbing. --- Local Power Dynamics. --- Thea Hilhorst. --- Land settlement