The Land We Share
Subtitle: Private Property And The Common Good
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: August 8, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781559638906
Subjects: Environment law; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Management of land & natural resources; Property & real estate; Land tenure; Economics Of Natural Resources (General); Nature; Environmental Studies; United States; Nature/Ecology; USA; Natural Resources; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Law / Property; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Economic aspects; Environmental aspects; Land Use
First sentence: In 1993, the owners of 960 acres of farmland in Kossuth County, Iowa, petitioned the county board of supervisors to designate their property as a protected "agricultural area" under the laws of the state of Iowa.
Description: Discussion of a core feature of American life--private ownership of land, water, and other elements of nature. What rights do private owners really possess, and what responsibilities might society reasonably impose on them? Argues that property ownership is an evolving legal arrangement, tied to shifting beliefs about community interest. [book cover].