This information is from the Guide to Courses 2000-2001, and may therefore be outdated. Guide is expected to be available in late October or early November 2001. Introduction Land economy is about analysing and managing change, particularly change in the use of property and natural resources.
Land is one of the three factors of production, alongside capital and labour.
The influences on its use touch all our lives. Yet until relatively recently, it has been neglected as an area of academic study. The current upsurge in global concern about environmental destruction, and the recurrent interest in regenerating inner cities, provide two examples of just how important land economy really is. It is now well understood that no single discipline has a monopoly of wisdom in addressing the most efficient and environmentally sustainable use of land. It is no longer enough simply to repose on the basis of a general education.