Includes bibliographical references and index.

Land ownership and personal empowerment : a review of some aspects of current land reforms in the light of the lessons of modern social history -- Changes in land use and their implications upon coastal regions : the case of Grange-Over-Sands, northwest England -- Land management, cadastral reform and biodiversity : a New Zealand study -- The contested territories of Costa Rica : sustainable land management challenges in the neotropics -- Flood defence and estuary management : a case study of the Blackwater Estuary, Essex, England -- Characteristics of land-related administrative institutions : what is needed to support equitable and productive land development? -- Managing informal settlements in Botswana -- The contribution of foreign assistance to the development of land markets and the strengthening of property rights : the case of USAID -- Comparative evaluation of purchase and subdivision processes in Denmark, England and Wales, and Belarus -- The role of land consolidation and land readjustment in modern society -- Land tenure reform in Scotland.

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