agricultural land
11Land reform — Land reforms (also agrarian reform, though that can have a broader meaning) is an often controversial alteration in the societal arrangements whereby government administers possession and use of land. Land reform may consist of a government… …
12land tenure — Land tenure is a crucial factor in the operation of rural land markets, influencing the pace and direction of agricultural development. Since land tenure systems govern access to the means of production in agriculture, they have also been an… …
13Land pollution — is the degradation of earth s land surfaces often caused by human activities and their misuse of land resources. Haphazard disposal of urban and industrial wastes, exploitation of minerals, and improper use of soil by inadequate agricultural… …
14Land tenure — is the name given, particularly in common law systems, to the legal regime in which land is owned by an individual, who is said to hold the land (the French verb tenir means to hold ; tenant is the present participle of tenir ). The sovereign… …
15agricultural holding — a tenancy of agricultural land. A statutory system of protected leasehold tenure for agricultural land is provided by the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and in Scotland by the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949 (as amended). Tenants have a …
16Land value tax — Land value taxation (LVT) (or site value taxation) is an ad valorem tax where only the value of land itself is taxed. This ignores buildings, improvements, and personal property. Because of this, LVT is different from other property taxes which… …
17Land use, land-use change and forestry — (LULUCF) all have impacts on the global carbon cycle and as such these activities can add or remove carbon dioxide (or, more generally, carbon) from the atmosphere, contributing to climate change. LULUCF has been the subject of two major reports… …
18Land cover — is the physical material at the surface of the earth. Land covers include grass, asphalt, trees, bare ground, water, etc. There are two primary methods for capturing information on land cover: field survey and thorough analysis of remotely sensed …
19Land drainage — may refer to:* surface drainage of the land related to: ** geomorphological pattern of natural drains, streams, rivers, etc. see drainage system (geomorphology) ** surface runoff of excess rainfall from the land, see surface runoff ** land… …
20land bank — land banking. 1. a banking association that engages in the financing of transactions in real property, esp. in agricultural land. 2. a parcel or parcels of land or real estate held in trust, as for future development. [1690 1700] * * * …
