Land Policy, Climate and Cities: Insights from AJLP-GS Vol. 8 No. 9
The African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences (AJLP-GS) has published its November 2025 Regular Issue (Vol. 8, No. 9). This issue brings a collection of peer-reviewed articles that advance knowledge on land policy, geospatial sciences, climate dynamics, and urban development across Africa.
Under the theme Land Policy and Regulatory Framework, the issue features studies examining ethical challenges in land management in Kenya, climate variability and vegetation dynamics in Ethiopia, and the impacts of customary land acquisition on tenure security in refugee-host communities in Northern Uganda.
The section on Geospatial Sciences and Land Governance presents diverse applications of geospatial tools and remote sensing, including rainfall trends in Senegal’s Saloum Delta mangrove ecosystem, community-based flood early warning systems in Malawi, spatial relationships between farmlands and hydrography in Cameroon, and remote sensing approaches to monitoring land degradation in Kenya’s Narok County.
The issue also addresses Urban Development and City Resilience, with research analysing the spatial distribution of informal motorcycle parking stations in Tanzania’s Ubungo Municipality, highlighting urban planning challenges in rapidly growing cities.
Overall, Vol. 8, No. 9 reflects AJLP-GS’s commitment to promoting interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research that supports sustainable land governance and spatial planning across Africa. The full issue is available online, with articles accessible in both English and French.