Andrew U. Frank’s impact on research in land administration

Abstract

Andrew U. Frank retired in October 2016 after a scientific career of 38 years with positions in Switzerland, Maine and Austria. One of the main applications that he constantly referred to and that he analysed in detail was land administration. This review article tries to give an overview of Frank’s work in the context of land administration and how he influenced the approach to land administration research. He organized his work mainly in four pillars: technical, legal, organizational and economical aspects. Each of them is discussed in the paper and the influence on international cooperation is shown.