All Outputs (8)

Advocacy and credibility of land tenure in Ethiopia: Mitigating conflicts and threats (2024)
Journal Article
Azadi, H., Ehteshammajd, S., Goli, I., Siamian, N., Moghaddam, S. M., Ho, P., Janečková, K., & Sklenička, P. (2024). Advocacy and credibility of land tenure in Ethiopia: Mitigating conflicts and threats. Land Use Policy, 147, Article 107265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107265

Social inequality resulting from war, exploitation, and land property is very evident in Ethiopia, which has a significant influence on the economic, social, and political situation of various groups of people. As a result, the primary objective of t... Read More about Advocacy and credibility of land tenure in Ethiopia: Mitigating conflicts and threats.

Credibility and the Social Function of Property: A Saga of Mega-Dams, Eviction, and Privatization, as Told by Displaced Communities in Malaysia (2024)
Journal Article
Ho, P., Nor-Hisham, B. M. S., & Zhao, H. (2024). Credibility and the Social Function of Property: A Saga of Mega-Dams, Eviction, and Privatization, as Told by Displaced Communities in Malaysia. Land, 13(8), Article 1207. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081207

Globally, the forced displacement of socially vulnerable communities causes significant contestation, irrespective of whether that occurs for mega-projects or smaller infrastructural, agricultural, urban renewal, or property developments. Despite mul... Read More about Credibility and the Social Function of Property: A Saga of Mega-Dams, Eviction, and Privatization, as Told by Displaced Communities in Malaysia.

Chinese consumers’ views of ethnic foods in relation to environment: Paradoxical perceptions versus ecological realities (2021)
Journal Article
Ho, P., Rokpelnis, K., Zhao, H., & Azadi, H. (2022). Chinese consumers’ views of ethnic foods in relation to environment: Paradoxical perceptions versus ecological realities. Food Control, 137, Article 108757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108757

Ethnic traditions are increasingly being seen as drivers of local economic growth and specialty product marketing in China. At the same time, growing awareness toward environmental issues and their impacts on humans have emerged as a part of lifestyl... Read More about Chinese consumers’ views of ethnic foods in relation to environment: Paradoxical perceptions versus ecological realities.

Mining conflict and rent-seeking in China: A mixed method analysis of cases of illegality (2021)
Journal Article
Ho, P., & Zhao, H. (2022). Mining conflict and rent-seeking in China: A mixed method analysis of cases of illegality. Extractive Industries and Society, 9, Article 101031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2021.101031

Research on mining conflict frequently approaches the subject either through in-depth case-studies or numerical analyses of the frequency of disputes. Yet, a more comprehensive understanding of mining conflict could be achieved through mixed methods,... Read More about Mining conflict and rent-seeking in China: A mixed method analysis of cases of illegality.

Debunking the Chinese unitary state via legal pluralism: Historical, indigenous and customary rights in China (1949–present) (2021)
Journal Article
Ho, P. (2022). Debunking the Chinese unitary state via legal pluralism: Historical, indigenous and customary rights in China (1949–present). World Development, 151, Article 105752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105752

In the literature on legal pluralism, there is minimal attention paid to the state – apart from being generally conceptualized as a unitary entity vis-à-vis an otherwise legally pluralist society. However, this perspective has been critiqued by a mod... Read More about Debunking the Chinese unitary state via legal pluralism: Historical, indigenous and customary rights in China (1949–present).

Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding Institutional Arrangements in Land Tenure Systems (2021)
Journal Article
Azadi, H., Burkart, S., Moghaddam, S. M., Mahmoudi, H., Janečková, K., Sklenička, P., Ho, P., Teklemariam, D., & Nadiri, H. (2022). Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding Institutional Arrangements in Land Tenure Systems. Food Reviews International, 38(S 1), 829-845. https://doi.org/10.1080/87559129.2021.1888974

Natural calamities such as drought, famine, and climate change have collided to create a humanitarian crisis. For the Horn of Africa (HoA), famine is among the factors that have caused the worst historical damages to the individual countries. Man-mad... Read More about Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding Institutional Arrangements in Land Tenure Systems.

Institutional form versus function in a common property context: The credibility thesis tested through an agent-based model (2021)
Journal Article
Ghorbani, A., Ho, P., & Bravo, G. (2021). Institutional form versus function in a common property context: The credibility thesis tested through an agent-based model. Land Use Policy, 102, Article 105237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105237

Institutional Form versus Function in a Common Property Context: The credibility thesis tested through an Agent-based Model Abstract A key debate in the study on land, housing and natural resources revolves around the notion that general institutiona... Read More about Institutional form versus function in a common property context: The credibility thesis tested through an agent-based model.

Land titling as a conflict remedy or driver? Analyzing institutional outcomes through latent and manifest conflicts in China’s forest sector (2020)
Journal Article
Krul, K., Ho, P., & Yang, X. (2021). Land titling as a conflict remedy or driver? Analyzing institutional outcomes through latent and manifest conflicts in China’s forest sector. Land Use Policy, 100, 104880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104880

Land titling programs are introduced to create a stable and secure institutional environment that effectively resolves land conflicts. However, the process of land registration may also exacerbate latent conflicts or trigger new contestation, causing... Read More about Land titling as a conflict remedy or driver? Analyzing institutional outcomes through latent and manifest conflicts in China’s forest sector.