Translation of: Thâesaurus multilingue du foncier.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Players, resources and rights -- Elemental descriptions of space -- Political, procedural and practical tools and terms of the land -- Land information systems: services and tools of public land administration -- Tax and economic terms in land -- Informal systems of land administr ation -- Land in an agricultural, pastoral and forestry context.

Many countries are showing renewed interest in the different ways of accessing natural resources with a view to the eventual introduction o f land tenure reforms, in the context of food security, worldwide pover ty alleviation, environmental protection or quality of life. This Engli sh version constitutes the third volume of a linguistic polyptych, star ting with the French and Spanish versions. The book covers the socio-cu ltural differences in the field of land tenure of the different linguis tic contexts in which they are found.