Respected geographer Brett Christophers explores the phenomenon of land privatization in the U.K. and why we the public should care about it.

Through much of human history, vast tracts of land were open to the public for everyday uses such as raising livestock, hunting, or simply taking a stroll.

Yet over the last few centuries, politicians have sold vast swathes of public land to private entities, a process that continues to this day.

A professor in social and economic geography at Sweden's Uppsala University and author of The New Enclosure: The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain, Brett Christophers is well placed to examine land privatization.

Through statistics and case studies, Christophers offers an elucidating summation of land enclosure and its implications.