Land economy

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Land Economy is a multidisciplinary subject becoming increasingly popular at universities in the United Kingdom. It is the study of law, economics, and the environment in so far as they relate to land usage and development. As such, areas studied include property law, planning law, microeconomics, macroeconomics, deforestation, agricultural trends and the economies of various lands, particularly in Western and Eastern Europe and business. At present only Cambridge offers this degree, but the intense competition for places has caused other universities to consider offering the degree.^{[citation needed]} Professional land economists have generally not been given the publicity or recognition seen by those in other professions and there are currently no exclusively land economy firms, although many firms of lawyers or surveyors perform parts of these functions. There have been rumours that any one of several investment banks may be planning to open up professional land economy firms but as yet this is unconfirmed.^{[citation needed]}

Many students of land economy undertake employment in City investment banks, law firms, and as town planners, surveyors and civil servants working for national and international agencies.

[edit] Current Universities Offering the Degree

• University of Cambridge

[edit] External links

• Land Economy Faculty at the University of Cambridge
• Alumni society for the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge
• Careers in Land Economy
• Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
• Royal Town Planning Institute
• Town and Country Planning Association