Title: Participatory GIS tools for mapping indigenous knowledge in customary land tenure dynamics : case of peri-urban northern Ghana

Authors: Lamptey, Florence

Place: Enschede

Publisher: International institute for geo-information science and earth observation (ITC)

Year: 2009

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: land tenure, indigenous knowledge, geographic information systems, public administration, ghana

Abstract: This study examines whether participatory geographic information systems (PGIS) can be used to map indigenous knowledge (IK) of land tenure dynamics in northern Ghana. It was found that IK flexible and dynamic and that PGIS has potential for use in land adjudication.

URL: http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2009/msc/gimla/lamptey.pdf

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