This paper investigates the spatial dimension of power relations and the shaping of local alliances through a hydropower development project in Nepal. It provides a grass-roots illustration on the role of space in shaping and reshaping power relations, and how it manifests in the formation of loc...
Suhardiman, Diana
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Karki, Emma
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[Spatial politics and local alliances shaping Nepal hydropower]
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Spatial politics and local alliances shaping Nepal hydropower
Land tenure, or access and rights to land, is essential to sustain people’s livelihoods. This paper looks at how farm households perceive land tenure (in)security in relation to food (in)security, and how these perceptions evolve throughout different policy periods in Laos. The paper highlights t...
Keovilignavong, Oulavanh
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Suhardiman, Diana
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[Linking land tenure security with food security: unpacking farm households’ perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of Laos]
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Linking land tenure security with food security: unpacking farm households’ perceptions and strategies in the rural uplands of Laos
In Laos, hydropower development is occurring at rapid, though controversial pace. While hydropower development could in principle contribute to the country’s development objectives to promote economic growth and reduce poverty, it also impacts people’s livelihoods especially local communities liv...
Katus, S
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali
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[When local power meets hydropower: Reconceptualizing resettlement along the Nam Gnouang River in Laos]
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When local power meets hydropower: Reconceptualizing resettlement along the Nam Gnouang River in Laos
Following the National League for Democracy’s landslide victory in the 2015 national election, Myanmar embarked on a series of legal and political transitions. This paper highlights parallel processes alongside such transitions. Linking land governance with the ongoing peace processes, and taking...
Suhardiman, Diana
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Bright, J.
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Palmano, C.
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[The politics of legal pluralism in the shaping of spatial power in Myanmar’s land governance]
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The politics of legal pluralism in the shaping of spatial power in Myanmar’s land governance