Historical, environmental and socio-economic driving forces on land ownership fragmentation, the land consolidation effect and project costs

P. Sklenicka, J. Hladík, F. Střeleček, B. Kottová, J. Lososová, L. Číhal and M. Šálek
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P. Sklenicka: Department of Land Use and Improvement, Faculty of Environment Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
J. Hladík: Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic
F. Střeleček: Department of Accounting and Finances, Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
B. Kottová: Department of Land Use and Improvement, Faculty of Environment Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
J. Lososová: Department of Accounting and Finances, Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
L. Číhal: Central Land Office, Ministry of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic
M. Šálek: Department of Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Environment Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Agricultural Economics, 2009, vol. 55, issue 12, 571-582

Abstract: Land consolidation (LC) is an effective program for land ownership defragmentation. The main objectives of this study are: (i) to analyse the characteristics of 487 study areas before and after implementation of the LC; (ii) to evaluate these study areas according to the influence of historical, environmental and socio-economic driving forces on the pre-LC ownership pattern, on the consolidation effect and on the financial costs of the LC projects. In average, the plot size has been increased twofold and the plot shape has also achieved an evidently positive change, but the average owner still has a holding of 2.72 ha divided into more than three plots after the LC. Historical factors were found to be the key driving forces for the pre-LC fragmentation, while socio-economic drivers play the major role for the LC effect and in the formation of the LC project costs. In contrast, the effect of natural factors is considered to be the least significant of all.

Keywords: land consolidation; rural development; fragmentation; land reform; land use planning; land market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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