Rural land ownership in the United Kingdom: Changing patterns and future possibilities for land use

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Munton, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective rights; Land prices; Land use; Property rights; Rural land ownership; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

LAND MARKET; LAND REFORM; LAND RIGHTS; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDOWNERSHIP; RURAL PLANNING; RURAL POLICY; URBANIZATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 73249138723     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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