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    Essential Concepts Ta this opening chapter, we look a thee tems and the concep which ‘hey evo nd ond ta lade ploming Considered sequel and defined incremeatly thee te terme hold the key 1 undersanding ‘many ether concep tht wil be encountered in theres of this book. CONCEPTS RELATED TO LAND Land Defined ‘Weare oftenbard part defn the terms snd concep we se or encounter from day to diy. One uch em is nd. ti so common it forms pat of cour daly life. And we tend to tke ifr grimted~ un we ate forced t2 ef i Foctustly, the dconary comes to our resco! Tn fact, the dcionay eGition of lind coves 4 wide range of senses or pepecies in which the tem may be uadertood, from the commonsense the technical, fom the broad to the speci. Inthe following diacutin we look at and ftom the common ent, leg economic tnd ecologiea pespecuves It may be noted that, although each perspective represents an adequate Chaacesation of the term defined, rlasre to that partir point of ‘view Gere are eran concep and praca imitations tat hamper the falend complete understanding ofthe erm Defining nd toma partcuat petpecive le not wale she proverbial blind men tying to perceive an ae PROPERTY, PATRINONY & TERRITORY ‘lephanc Esch macs perception is core in hisown wry but none is able ‘olknow what the animal is thei its eae Aad yet fulland compete efi, if ever tere was one muy be to compeated it may not serve 2 oefl purpose all Such an allembmcing definon a nt stempted a ‘his work Thr vaous defniions ae pstented ater tsa me from which co select a sacting point for aayoue to erect the boundaies of ‘eting that sit itor her purpose, ‘Comman.sast. The common sete debit of nd ithe slid portion ofthe exh saree” on which we send, walk, bl out homes se out {gardens or produce oo tops. This seem ety enough for everybody t0 Sedertand. But when we lok agin, we realise that there are certain concep tht need further elaboration Foc exalt what is efeced (ashe 'soid part the earth use? Does iteacade the we iid) su hese (ga) which ae ako found on the eat stice? And what shout water in solid form wach a the por ice xpi? (Oa the global sae, the std porn ofthe eat acc refer to the 20% eomprisiag 43 milion square Kdometes (55.168 milion quar ries) ‘flan as isin ftom the 71% oF 367 millon square Klometr (14.668, rion sguute mule) of water By this reckoning the polar ic cap ae incoedin the land portion. The simple reason, exphins L Dudley Sump’, is cata prevalingtemperares the polar ie cape emin permanent Soli: And what compos de nate” ofthe earth? Tere tothe hin cuter layer ofthe earth's crust which vac i thicket from upto 32 ‘beneath the consnenllnd mass ony Bim below the acean os ot seabed Although relive “i-deep” this conception of the eat suf offes ide paca snianeeexeptinhecate of thoeinterested In ol and pas or geothermal explorin, Another practi iBesky associted with the common sentedefiition of land is that when we ty todo the things we nm do ike bald oot homes, ie our crop, ee. we alin we are not ee do them ony land that comes within ight. Tete are geophysical, exvzenmeat, social and economic factors that consti ws fom making use of any piece of land we can around In ea + lege portion of the solid suse of the each is pricy "sles. The tick ce that cover mot of the notth and south pole nd ‘he sod undernenth ate uni for noel human habitation or any frm of ht al Cong Re Lan i Pe, prodctiveatvg,Soatehe ast expaner of exert that pide nahn Continental Afica, the Middle Ens, Cena Asia and western North ‘Amescn Then, 00, thee ate rey steep chs and dep tries that are slmostiaccennible ven ates hate elie yt ech ae smetenes ‘ier to bars, rocky and dry, cto wet soggy sad alt Berween these lands under exmeme envtonmental codons tere az he “good” ands fat, deep fete sos with adequate water, good drinage and abundant sunlight. Bot when we want to make we of them ie Bn tha they ate 90 lenges fel arial, Somebody ce my already be oeeapying sod using them or ue have erected fence around them nd hong hestening sen “Pave propery, no tepasing” ‘Soddeny we eae the insticeny of the common sense dfiston a the need to look at hd fom some other points of vrs Lat uy ext the egal pepsi LLegasnse From the lg wandpiat lan ie defined a any ground sil corearth hate epardeas he subjectofonnesip and eveytungennexed | to twhether by aa (eg es, wexe) or by min (ep, bugs rps) xen indeiitelyveracally wprards sad dowawards. “This i much more resuicive defn, The opertve term from this penpectve a *rbjet of ownership” What ground solo portion ofthe ‘arth that canaot be owned pabey or piel has ide mening in lr for ae Polanyi at sid lind sot spy plysial ent bat ko “an lemeat of mci foexriziblyicrerwoven wih man nsitasons"* How land eame wo be reguded x propet is cused in greater deta ther

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