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Tradition and reform land tenure and rural development in South-East Asia ​ Mark Cleary and Peter Eaton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: South-East Asian social science monographsPublication details: Kuala Lumpur ; New York Oxford University Press 1996.Description: viii, 148 pages ill. 26 cmISBN:
  • 9676531081
Other title:
  • Land tenure and rural development in South-East Asia
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.3100959 CLE
Contents:
1. Land Tenure: An Introduction 2. Land and Society in South-East Asia 3. Land Tenure under Colonialism 4. Customary Tenure, Shifting Cultivation, and Development 5. Landownership, Economic Efficiency, and Social Equity 6. Plantation Agriculture in the Post-colonial Period 7. Land Settlement 8. Forests and Tenure 9. Land Tenure and Conservation Areas 10. Conclusion: Land Tenure and the Development Process. "Tradition and Reform seeks to provide both a context within which to examine such questions and a range of case-studies to illustrate some of the varied options developed by governments in the region. After reviewing the nature of tenure systems and their relationship to the environment and history of the region, subsequent chapters examine the issue of land tenure from economic, social, and environmental perspectives using examples from the ASEAN countries as well as Papua New Guinea. Overall the book argues that only if land tenure systems are properly understood in their geographical and historical context can significant progress in rural development be made." BOOK JACKET.
Summary: "Despite rapid urban and industrial growth in South-East Asia, the majority of the region's population is still dependent on the land for its living. Land tenure - the way in which ownership and use rights of land are acquired, regulated, and transferred - is thus a vital issue in the region. Rural development strategies at all scales - from the transmigration programmes of Indonesia to individual plantation reforms in Papua New Guinea - have to take account of the historical, social, and economic character of differing land tenure systems. Does, for example, owner-occupation provide the best incentives for economic efficiency? To what extent do traditional, customary tenure systems ensure the fair and environmentally sustainable stewardship of the land? How might plantation systems be adapted in order to reconcile the demands for social equity against those of greater output?" Contents 1. Land Tenure: An Introduction

Bibliography: p260-265. _ Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-144) and index.

1. Land Tenure: An Introduction 2. Land and Society in South-East Asia 3. Land Tenure under Colonialism 4. Customary Tenure, Shifting Cultivation, and Development 5. Landownership, Economic Efficiency, and Social Equity 6. Plantation Agriculture in the Post-colonial Period 7. Land Settlement 8. Forests and Tenure 9. Land Tenure and Conservation Areas 10. Conclusion: Land Tenure and the Development Process. "Tradition and Reform seeks to provide both a context within which to examine such questions and a range of case-studies to illustrate some of the varied options developed by governments in the region. After reviewing the nature of tenure systems and their relationship to the environment and history of the region, subsequent chapters examine the issue of land tenure from economic, social, and environmental perspectives using examples from the ASEAN countries as well as Papua New Guinea. Overall the book argues that only if land tenure systems are properly understood in their geographical and historical context can significant progress in rural development be made." BOOK JACKET.

"Despite rapid urban and industrial growth in South-East Asia, the majority of the region's population is still dependent on the land for its living. Land tenure - the way in which ownership and use rights of land are acquired, regulated, and transferred - is thus a vital issue in the region. Rural development strategies at all scales - from the transmigration programmes of Indonesia to individual plantation reforms in Papua New Guinea - have to take account of the historical, social, and economic character of differing land tenure systems. Does, for example, owner-occupation provide the best incentives for economic efficiency? To what extent do traditional, customary tenure systems ensure the fair and environmentally sustainable stewardship of the land? How might plantation systems be adapted in order to reconcile the demands for social equity against those of greater output?" Contents 1. Land Tenure: An Introduction

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