Efficient land use in the Russian Federation

Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, 190005, St. Petersburg, 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St., 4, Russia

^* Corresponding author: sharyapova.emma@yandex.ru

Abstract

Efficient land use has always been the key direction of Russia’s national policy. Land is the main source of wealth for any country. The idea of efficient land use has been perceived differently depending on a country and historical period. The authors of this paper assume that there are some blank spaces in modern understanding of land use efficiency in Russia. Start, development and termination of land relations are often hampered by the lack of conceptual and categorical framework, which is supposed to be the basis of the land law theory. The present study focuses on searching for weak spots in the land law of the Russian Federation and possible reasons of land misuse. The authors suggest several solutions for advancing the national policy in land matters.