Statistical Terms Glossary

Accounts that differentiate land basic accounts in a consistent way by more detailed description of issue oriented aspects like sealing of soil, partitioning (fragmentation) of land, intensity of use, biotopes, quality, regional situations, etc.

It deals with the measurements of land and its physical features accurately, and the recording of these features on a map.

Refers to arable land at prolonged rest before re-cultivation. This may be part of the holding’s crop rotation system or because the normal crop cannot be planted because of flood damage, lack of water, unavailability of inputs or other reasons.

Arrangements or rights under which the holder operates the land making up the holding.

A sweeping change in land tenure. It usually involves the breaking-up of large estates and the widespread redistribution of the land into smallholdings, but may also be land consolidation.(Narrow definition) the redistribution of property or rights in land for the benefit of the landless, tenants and farm labourers.

The relationship, whether legally or customarily defined, among people, as individuals or groups, with respect to land and associated natural resources (including water, trees, minerals and wildlife). Rules of tenure define how property rights in land are allocated within societies and may determine who can use what resources, for how long, and under what conditions.

Land titling is a form of privatization in that public assets are transferred to private families and individuals.

Is land on which agricultural or horticultural production is carried on for commercial or subsistence purposes, including, in principle, land under plantations, orchards and vineyards.

Surfaces occupied by operating farm buildings, buildings for animal production and farmyards.

Includes land temporarily cultivated with herbaceous forage crops for mowing or pasture. A period of less than five years is used to differentiate between temporary and permanent meadows and pastures. If country practice differs from this, the country definition should be clearly indicated in census reports.

Land underlying buildings and structures is land on which dwellings, non-residential buildings and structures are constructed or into which their foundations are dug, including yards and gardens deemed an integral part of farm and non-farm dwellings and access roads to farms.

The SEEA asset classification of land underlying buildings and structures identifies subcategories: within urban areas and; outside urban areas. The definition of an urban area will vary from country to country, but a working definition is any area where at the time of the most recent census there was a population of 1000 or more persons and a population density of 400 or more persons per square kilometre.

Land use is based on the functional dimension of land for different human purposes or economic activities. Typical categories for land use are dwellings, industrial use, transport, recreational use or nature protection areas.

A matrix that cross distributes the national land according to land use and the users: industries and households.

Classification of land according to the activity undertaken on the land.

A matrix that cross distributes the national land according to land use and land cover classification, for a single point in time.

A specified land utilization type practised on a given land unit and associated with inputs, outputs and possible land improvements.

Total of “agricultural land” and “land under farm buildings and farmyards”.

The value of the land (on which a resource occurs or is planned), as determined by the market price.

The portion of the catch that is landed.

Property consisting of land, buildings, crops, or other resources still attached to or within the land or improvements or fixtures permanently attached to the land or a structure on it; also An interest, benefit, right, or privilege in such property called also immovable property; Immovable properties are land, plants, buildings and other structures and, in general, everything which either naturally or through a human act is firmly fixed to the land or to the structure. Property that cannot be moved.

Landfill refers to the final placement of waste in or on the land in a controlled or uncontrolled way according to different sanitary, environmental protection and other safety requirements.