A land exchange or land swap is the exchange of land between two parties, typically a private owner and a government. These parties may include farmers, estate owners, nature organizations, and governments.[1] Land swaps may also take place between two sovereign nations for practical, geographical or economic reasons.

The exchange of land is undertaken for a variety of reasons, among them the conversion or rehabilitation of a parcel of land to nature.[1] For example, after the Netherlands designated the Dutch National Ecological Network, provincial governments in the country established programs offering financial and organizational assistance for the acquisition of agricultural land and its restoration to more natural habitats.[1]

Examples

Bangladesh

India

Jordan

  • Jordan transfer desert lands to Saudi Arabia in exchange to land south of Aqaba in 1965 so Jordan can extend its only sea access.

United Kingdom

United States

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Bakker et al. 2015.
  2. Ordnance Survey First Edition, sheet 45 1833
  3. The House of Lords 1873 p. 38
  4. Parliamentary Papers: 1850-1908 Vol. 4 p. 4

References

  • Bakker, Martha M.; Alam, Shah Jamal; van Dijk, Jerry; Rounsevell, Mark D.A. (February 2015). "Land-use change arising from rural land exchange: an agent-based simulation model". Landscape Ecology. 30 (2): 273–286. doi:10.1007/s10980-014-0116-x.

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