Multilingual thesaurus on land tenure
By: edited by Gérard Ciparisse.
Contributors: Ciparisse, Gérard, 1938-; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Edition: English version.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Land tenure -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Dictionaries.
Description: Many countries are showing renewed interest in the different ways of accessing natural resources with a view to the eventual introduction of land tenure reforms, in the context of food security, worldwide poverty alleviation, environmental protection or quality of life. This English version constitutes the third volume of a linguistic polyptych, starting with the French and Spanish versions. The book covers the socio-cultural differences in the field of land tenure of the different linguistic contexts in which they are found.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of: Thésaurus multilingue du foncier.
"TC/M/X2038/E/1/10.03/2500"--P. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: Players, resources and rights; title: Elemental descriptions of space; title: Political, procedural and practical tools and terms of the land; title: Land information systems: services and tools of public land administration; title: Tax and economic terms in land; title: Informal systems of land administration; title: Land in an agricultural, pastoral and forestry context.