The division of land into progressively smaller parcels due to inheritance systems, the need to take advantage of ecological variation, or the functioning of land markets. Land fragmentation can occur with a single person, family, or organization owning multiple geographically separate parcels; or by small parcels owned individually by inheritance processes or other allocation processes that divide land equally among a group. (King R. & Burton S. 1982. Land Fragmentation: Notes on a Fundamental Rural Spatial Problem. Progress in Human Geography. 1982;6(4):475-494. doi:10.1177/030913258200600401 Cited in https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9656en)
