Private landowners’ relation to land and forest in two Estonian counties [Elektronisk resurs]

• This comparative study is based on two large surveys of privateland and forest owners in two Estonian counties. While more than half of Põlvamaa is covered with forests, Läänemaa has a potential for summer tourism and second homes. We explore different rationales for obtaining landed property and analyse the individual property holders’ relations to—and use of—landand forests. Based on the two interlinked restitution and privatisation processes from 1991 onwards, our surveys reveal two main rationales among the owners:emotional and economic. The owners’ relations to the property are connected with legacies from both the interwar independence and the Soviet period. In addition, different rationalities, ambitions and attitudes are also related to how the property was obtained. In spite of the demand for land, many resituated landowners have chosen to maintain or recreate family property, even if the property was not actively used. In both Põlvamaa and Läänemaa the emotional bonds to land are strong among the owners of restituted or inherited property, while this is a weaker factor among those who have obtained land or forest through privatisation. 

Ämnesord

Agricultural Sciences  (hsv)

Agricultural Science, Forestry and Fisheries  (hsv)

Forest Science  (hsv)

Lantbruksvetenskaper  (hsv)

Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske  (hsv)

Skogsvetenskap  (hsv)

Social Sciences  (hsv)

Social and Economic Geography  (hsv)

Economic Geography  (hsv)

Samhällsvetenskap  (hsv)

Social och ekonomisk geografi  (hsv)

Ekonomisk geografi  (hsv)

Social Sciences  (hsv)

Economics and Business  (hsv)

Economic History  (hsv)

Samhällsvetenskap  (hsv)

Ekonomi och näringsliv  (hsv)

Ekonomisk historia  (hsv)

FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING  (svep)

Plant production  (svep)

Forestry  (svep)

SKOGS- och JORDBRUKSVETENSKAP samt LANDSKAPSPLANERING  (svep)

Växtproduktion  (svep)

Skogsskötsel  (svep)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  (svep)

Business and economics  (svep)

Human geography, economic geography  (svep)

Economic geography  (svep)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  (svep)

Ekonomi  (svep)

Kulturgeografi, ekonomisk geografi  (svep)

Ekonomisk geografi  (svep)

HUMANITIES and RELIGION  (svep)

History and philosophy subjects  (svep)

History subjects  (svep)

Economic history  (svep)

HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP  (svep)

Historisk-filosofiska ämnen  (svep)

Historieämnen  (svep)

Ekonomisk historia  (svep)

Economic History  (umu)

ekonomisk historia  (umu)

Social and Economic Geography  (umu)

kulturgeografi  (umu)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Estonia

restitution

privatisation

land ownership

forest

emotional bonds

economic rationality