Sentence examples for resolving land from inspiring English sources

Resolving land tenure issues in illegal settlements would also facilitate investment in slums.

That is partly because Carrefour's mayor has taken an active role in resolving land issues and partly because the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, long based there, has aggressively negotiated with local officials and landlords.

Integrated landscape approaches are emerging in Indonesia and have elements that may contribute to resolving land tenure uncertainty.

There he was: the head of the nonexistent Highway Police, sitting on a small cushion in a large room, looking like a medieval prince in a billowy white gown and dark vest, resolving land disputes.

As Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos moves towards elections in May next year, his major headache centers on pulling in billion dollar investments whilst at the same time resolving land issues at the core of Colombia's half century internal conflict.

This could herald the beginning of a long period of decline in the Kurdish region, with all of the resultant risks including problems resolving land disputes with Iraqi Arabs and oil revenues: there will simply be no-one legitimate to deal with and mediate these disputes, because the president (or his son) will be in power through a slow rolling coup.

Nuisance law is still used in the contemporary Anglo-American system as a means of resolving land-use disputes.

That has made it easier to resolve land disputes and enforce zoning laws.

The victims, Jose Alfredo Quino and Maria Elena Mejia, both Mayan Indians, were members of the Regional Coordination of Integrated Cooperatives, a peasant organization working to resolve land disputes in the area.

In 1792, Mr. Strong said, the town of Southampton essentially forced the Shinnecocks to elect three governing trustees who could resolve land disputes between the town and the tribe.

In a career that included serving as head of the land and property unit with the United Nations transitional administration in Timor-Leste, where he helped to resolve land disputes in the newly independent country, Gray says it is difficult to pinpoint a highlight.