Size of CPLRs and sustainable development: Evidence of secondary data in Western Zone-Tamil Nadu Dr. Kannan A.*, Sakthivel S.**, Jeyanthi T.** *Assistant Professor & Project Director, ICSSR, Major Research Project, Department of Environmental Economics, School of Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai **Research Assistant, ICSSR- Major Research Project, Department of Environmental Economics, School of Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai ***Ph.D Research Scholar, Department of Mathematical Economics, School of Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai Online published on 1 August, 2019. Abstract This paper reveals that the state of Common Property Land Resources (CPLRs) in the Western zone of Tamil Nadu through the evidence of secondary sources of information during 1998–99 to 2014–2015. It is observed that the proportion of CPLRs in Coimbatore district has declined from 21.76 percent to 16.95 percent during 1998–99 to 2014–15. The availability of common land in Erode district was estimated that at 34.99 percent in 1998–99 and it has declined to 24.87 percent in 2014–15. In the Dindigul district, the availability CPLRs has come down from 27.91 percent to 26.84 percent in above mentioned period. The remaining two districts namely Theni and Thiruppur were showing an increasing trend of 15.34 percent and 15.02 percent to 15.68 percent and 15.66 percent respectively during the study periods. Top Keywords Common Property Land Resources, Private Property Land Resources, availability, encroachment. Top |