Land-grabbing, land-use transformation and social differentiation: Deconstructing “small-scale” in Ghana's recent gold rush

•Gold mining increased 2772.6 percent to 998.23 ha. between 2008 and 2013; “mine water” increased by 13,000 percent.•Land-use changes have wrought food insecurity and psychological stress for local people, particularly women.•Contradictions between customary land tenure systems and state mineral rig...

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Veröffentlicht in:	World development 2018-08, Vol.108, p.103-114
Hauptverfasser:	Hausermann, Heidi, Ferring, David, Atosona, Bernadette, Mentz, Graciela, Amankwah, Richard, Chang, Augustus, Hartfield, Kyle, Effah, Emmanuel, Asuamah, Grace Yeboah, Mansell, Coryanne, Sastri, Natasha
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abandoned mines Agricultural economics Citizen participation Cocoa Compensation Compromises Crops Developing countries Differentiation Economic crisis Ethnography Farms Food security Food supply Ghana Gold Gold mines & mining Gold mining Hazards Hierarchies Historical metallurgy Hydrology Intellectuals International collaboration International cooperation International finance Land tenure Land use Land-grabbing Land-use change Landscape LDCs Markets Methodological approaches Mine drainage Mine water Mineral industry Minerals Miners Mining Mining industry Mining law Mixed methods Negotiations Noncitizens Prices Quantitative analysis Remote sensing Rivers Social aspects Social differentiation Spatial analysis Strangers Streams Stress (Psychology) Subsistence agriculture Theft Transactions Transformation Water Water quality
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