Contents: Introduction, Robert Dixon-Gough; Land ownership and personal empowerment: a review of some aspects of current land reforms in the light of the lessons of modern social history, Chris Arnison; Changes in land use and their implications upon coastal regions: the case of Grange-over-Sands, Northwest England, Robert Dixon-Gough ; Land management, cadastral reform and biodiversity: a New Zealand study Munir Morad; The contested territories of Costa Rica: sustainable land management challenges in the Neotropics, Simon Evans; Flood defence and estuary management: a case study of the Blackwater estuary, Essex, England, Peter Wynn; Characteristics of land-related administrative institutions: what is needed to support equitable and productive land development?, David Bledsoe; Managing informal settlements in Botswana, Robert Dixon-Gough and Otladisane Molobeng; The contribution of foreign assistance to the development of land markets and the strengthening of property rights: the case of USAID, Peter C Bloch, Susana Lastarria-Cornhiel and J. David Stanfield; Comparative evaluation of purchase and subdivision processes in Denmark, England and Wales, and Belarus, Marina Vaskovitch, Robert Dixon-Gough and Erik Stubkjoer; The role of land consolidation and land readjustment in modern society,Robert Dixon-Gough; Land tenure reform in Scotland, Anthony Andrew; Index.
