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Research draft

land

vr.tr.land · PHY.PLC

Let an agent handle land by type, use, ownership records, planning and environmental condition, and point to legal help without giving legal advice.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle land by type, use, ownership records, planning and environmental condition, and point to legal help without giving legal advice.

The solid surface of the Earth not covered by water, and areas of it considered by character, use or ownership, such as uplands, barren land, reclaimed land, farmland and developable land; land is a resource governed by ownership, planning and environmental law.

What it is for: Living space, food, resources and ecosystems.

It can be find ownership and registration records; understand land use and planning rules; describe land types and degradation; find access rights.

Distinguishing features

Solid ground surface

Finite resource

Owned and regulated

Can degrade or be reclaimed

What it looks like

Ground surfaces from mountains and plains to fields, forests and built areas.

How it is recognised

Land cover maps

Parcels in land registers

Water bodies are not land

Related models

is a kind of - category

region

includes - agricultural area

field

includes - area

tract

is recorded in - record

land register

In practice

Families and kinds

agricultural land

uplands and barren land

reclaimed land

developable and urban land

protected and common land

Standards and regulation

Land registration and property law

Planning and zoning law

UN Convention to Combat Desertification

Failure modes and hazards

Land degradation and erosion

Boundary and ownership disputes

Agents giving legal advice

Also called

aeolian sand spitbarrenuplandreclaimed landbarren landdevelopable landdisputed landformer agricultural landUncultivated landMarginal landland coverlost landcontaminated landvegetation coverglobal land coverarsenic-contaminated areacadmium-contaminated areadioxin-contaminated area

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.land-2

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Type Kinds of land.

Types differ.

Cover

Land cover.

Cover

Land cover.

  1. What is the land cover here, according to official land cover data? provenance
  2. How has it changed? measurement

Reclaimed

Reclaimed land.

Reclaimed

Reclaimed land.

  1. Was this land reclaimed from the sea or wetlands, and when? provenance
  2. Which risks, such as flooding or subsidence, apply? provenance
Ownership Records.

Registers show ownership.

Register

Land register.

Register

Land register.

  1. Who owns this land, according to the land register? provenance
  2. Are there restrictions or charges recorded? provenance

Dispute

Disputes.

Dispute

Disputes.

  1. Is there a boundary or ownership dispute? boundary
  2. Where can a surveyor or lawyer be found? action
Use Planning.

Planning governs use.

Planning

Zoning.

Planning

Planning rules.

  1. What does the local plan allow on this land? provenance
  2. How can planning permission be sought? action

Access

Access rights.

Access

Access rights.

  1. Is there a public right of access to this land? provenance
  2. Which code of conduct applies? provenance
Environment Condition.

Land can degrade.

Degradation

Erosion and desertification.

Degradation

Land degradation.

  1. Is this land degraded, eroded or contaminated, according to surveys? provenance
  2. Which restoration methods apply? provenance

Protected

Designations.

Protected

Protected land.

  1. Is the land protected for nature or heritage? provenance
  2. What restrictions follow? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should land types be separate entries?
  • How should land registers be linked?
  • How should land cover data be linked?