Obrót ziemią na obszarach o niekorzystnych warunkach gospodarowania na przykładzie gmin Bukowina Tatrzańska i Ropa

The article shows, on an example of a mountain and sub-montane municipalities, the extent and forms of land turnover with various purpose. Local property market was identified through an analysis of civil law land turnover on the basis of notarized deeds executed in 2000- 2004. Market and off-market transactions comprised both whole agricultural holdings, their parts and single properties. Farmers used to purchase and sale transactions to acquire land for enlarging their farms or setting up new ones. On the other hand, off-market transactions (gifts, life usufructs and inheritances) aided formal divisions of farms, although they still remained organizational unity.