Highlights•Water, land and energy resources are all crucial contributors to human well-being
and environmental sustainability.•As a result of growing natural resource scarcity, the inter …

Highlights•Global governance refers to rules at all levels having transnational
repercussions.•Changes in global governance have facilitated and responded to land …

The so‐called global land rush has drawn new attention to land, its uses and value. But land
is a strange object. Although it is often treated as a thing and sometimes as a commodity, it is …

Land systems are the result of human interactions with the natural environment.
Understanding the drivers, state, trends and impacts of different land systems on social and …

Whether or not investments in African agriculture can generate quality employment at scale,
avoid dispossessing local people of their land, promote diversified and sustainable …

Societal pressure on the global land and freshwater resources is increasing as a result of
the rising food demand by the growing human population, dietary changes, and the …

This book explores the emerging forms and functions of contemporary mobile borders. It
deals with issues of security, technology, migration and cooperation while addressing the …

Postcolonialism, Decoloniality and Development is a comprehensive revision of
Postcolonialism and Development (2009) that explains, reviews and critically evaluates …

Over the past few years, large-scale land acquisitions in Africa have stoked controversy,
making headlines in media reports across the world. Land that only a short time ago seemed …

This article focuses on two issues. First, it critically engages with the emerging global
databases on large-scale land deals and the 'data'on global trends so far circulated, paying …