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Using Crowdsourcing to Examine Land Acquisitions in Ethiopia

Land grabbing is a global phenomenon that has radically increased since 2005. Global and national estimates are highly uncertain due to the rapid pace of acquisition and lack of transparency. Here we demonstrate that through the use of the Geo-Wiki crowdsourcing tool and volunteers, we can estimate areas of settlement and cultivation that are part of large-scale land transactions for known areas where land acquisitions have taken place as well as for Ethiopia as a whole.

Autor / Author: Albrecht, Franziska; Perger, Christoph; Schill, Christian; See, Linda; McCallum, Ian; Collins, Ruth; Fritz, Steffen
Institution / Institution: IIASA, Ecosystem Services and Management Program, Laxenburg, Austria; IIASA, Ecosystem Services and Management Program, Laxenburg, Austria; Felis, University of Freiburg, Germany; IIASA, Ecosystem Services and Management Program, Laxenburg, Austria; IIASA
Seitenzahl / Pages: 5
Sprache / Language: Englisch
Veröffentlichung / Publication: GI_Forum 2013 – Creating the GISociety
Tagung / Conference: GI_Forum 2013 – Symposium and Exhibit GIScience & Technology/Learning with GI
Veranstaltungsort, -datum / Venue, Date: Salzburg, Austria 02-07-13 - 05-07-13
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Keywords (en): crowdsourcing, land grabbing, volunteered geographic information
Paper review type: Extended Abstract Review
DOI:
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