Understanding patterns of land ownership/land data improvements
Background
Question Group: Focused on strengthening Scotland’s rural and island communities, by improving understanding of service delivery, investment and land reform, alongside the characteristics of diverse rural and island areas. Aims to empower rural and island communities through innovative and place-based research methods, and provision of the right data and tools, to ensure that they can thrive.
Sub-questions: - How do we measure the impact of land reform measures in Scotland, what have been their consequences?
- How do we best move towards integrated, accessible land ownership and use data? (To build on initial work on land data in current SRDP and could be adapted to outcomes of that work. Could include further consideration of benefits and costs of new systems (e.g. a fully cadastral system of land data), or practical considerations re improving access to/awareness/integration of existing data.)
- Understanding the impacts of concentrated/aggregate landownership at a regional level. Are there differing impacts where a land owner owns a large proportion of land in a region vs ownership of key assets?
- What data/metrics could be used to identify potential situations where concentrated ownership or control of land or assets risks a concentration of power/influence over a community or communities?
- Is the pattern of landownership in Scotland changing on a national level? How can you measure changes? Are they impacting transparency of land ownership?
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Environment natural resources agriculture research strategy 2027 2032
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