lohkeamisen

Lohkeamisen is a Finnish term describing the process of dividing an entity into blocks or plots. In land management, lohkeaminen refers to subdividing a larger property into smaller parcels (lohkoja), often for development, sale, or legal registration. The term derives from lohko, meaning a block, plot, or chunk, and the agentive suffix -minen indicating a process.

In cadastral and planning practice, lohkeaminen is typically governed by local land-use regulations. The process usually involves surveying to determine precise boundaries, preparing a parcel map, obtaining approvals from planning authorities, and registering the newly created parcels with the land registry. It may require cooperation among landowners, surveyors, and municipal agencies and is influenced by constraints such as zoning, minimum parcel sizes, and environmental protections.

Outside strict land management, lohkeamisen can be used in a broader or metaphorical sense to describe breaking a large task, dataset, or resource into more manageable blocks or chunks, facilitating planning, analysis, or execution.

The closest English equivalents are parcel subdivision or block subdivision, though the term remains most common in Finnish legal and planning contexts. See also cadastral surveying, land subdivision, and parcel.