New land management law for providing a sustainable land management in the Republic of Latvia
Auzins, Armands & Edvins Kapostins
The topicality of the study on land management system and its sustainability dimension is determined by globalisation tendencies of the global economy and reduction of the reproductive capacity of renewable natural resources. The land management system must be sufficiently flexible so that it could constantly adapt to changeable internal and external environment. In comparison with other economic resources, land is characterised by several unique features, quantitative and qualitative aspects of which are incorporated in the land management system. The study is concerned with an analytical assessment of a sustainable land management system on the basis of systems and modelling approaches and description of a framework of new Land Management Law of the Republic of Latvia. Institutional arrangements that formed during last 20 years a transition period towards developed market economy, play meaningful role in land management systems and strongly influence socioeconomic circumstances at least in Latvia. Various research methods are employed. Historical and logical approach, comparative analysis and synthesis methods are selected in the research. Finally, findings of the study show the most important aspects of newly developed land legislation in a light of sustainable land management concept.
Event: FIG Working Week 2012 : Territory, environment, and cultural heritage
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