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- Title
Voluntary Land Consolidation Approaches and Their Adaptability to Experimental Farm-based Land Consolidation in Finland.
- Authors
Sulonen, Kimmo; Kotilainen, Seija; Hiironen, Juhana
- Abstract
There is a need to develop a voluntary and flexible Finnish land consolidation procedure that is less reliable on government funding. To fulfil these development needs, an experimental farm-based land consolidation is currently being tested in Finnish fields. This research aims to compare and evaluate foreign voluntary land consolidations with Finnish practices. The research utilises content analysis of written material and qualitative semistructured interviews of land consolidation specialists. The study found that voluntary participation increases the commitment of the participants, but may endanger the whole project in some cases. Therefore, rules for voluntary participation (dropping-out rules, etc.) were seen as important. In voluntary processes, the government's role shifts from that of a leader to that of a facilitator, which may mean the redistribution of funding sources as well. There is a hypothesis that participants would be more willing to fund a project that is directly focused on their own issues rather than on regional issues like traditional land consolidation. The study concludes with suggestions of key points by which guiding principles or rules should be defined.
- Subjects
FINLAND; LAND consolidation; AGRICULTURAL experiment stations
- Publication
Nordic Journal of Surveying & Real Estate Research, 2017, Vol 12, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
1459-5877
- Publication type
Article