05243nam 2200661Ia 450 991077879550332120230421033137.01-280-19644-097866101964490-309-58523-60-585-14345-5(CKB)110986584751252(EBL)3564038(SSID)ssj0000224515(PQKBManifestationID)11175148(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224515(PQKBWorkID)10209918(PQKB)10358972(MiAaPQ)EBC3564038(Au-PeEL)EBL3564038(CaPaEBR)ebr10055328(OCoLC)814272391(EXLCZ)9911098658475125219940131d1993 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPopulation and land use in developing countries[electronic resource] report of a workshop /Carole L. Jolly and Barbara Boyle Torrey, editors ; Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research CouncilWashington, DC National Academy Press19931 online resource (173 p.)Committee chairman: Samuel H. Preston."...report summarizes the discussions and papers presented at a Committee...workshop."--Pref.0-309-04838-9 Includes bibliographical references.""Population and Land Use in Developing Countries""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""WHY THIS IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER""; ""THE INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF POPULATION GROWTH AND LAND USE CHANGE""; ""WORKSHOP PAPERS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Population, Land Use, and Environment: A Long History""; ""NATURAL PROCESSES AND ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS""; ""HISTORICAL CHANGES IN HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON THE LAND""; ""OFF-SITE EFFECTS OF LAND CHANGES""; ""SOME GENERALIZATIONS FROM THE PAST""; ""THE PAST AND THE FUTURE""; ""REFERENCES""""3 What Is Meant by Land Use Change? """"LANDSCAPE STABILITY""; ""MEASUREMENT OF LAND USE CHANGE BY REMOTE SENSING""; ""Interpretation of Remote Sensing Data""; ""Computer-Assisted Interpretation""; ""Use of Remote-Sensing Data""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 An Ecological Perspective on Population Change and Land Use ""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Northern Nigeria: Land Transformation Under Agricultural Intensification""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Objectives""; ""THE STUDY AREA""; ""Methods""; ""POPULATION CHANGES""; ""The High-Density Case""; ""THE LOW-DENSITY CASE""""The Demographic Basis of Intensification""""LAND USE CHANGE""; ""The High-Density Case""; ""The Low-Density Case""; ""Land Use Change and Population Growth""; ""LAND INVESTMENT""; ""Introduction""; ""Soil and Water Conservation Structures""; ""Irrigation""; ""Enclosures""; ""Fertilization""; ""Trees""; ""Investment and Population Growth""; ""SOIL MANAGEMENT""; ""Soil Physical Properties""; ""Soil Chemical Properties""; ""Comparison of Cultivated with Uncultivated Soils""; ""Fertilization""; ""Soil Management and Population Density""; ""FARM TREES""; ""The High-Density Area""""The Low-Density Area""""Farm Trees and Population Density""; ""DEMOGRAPHIC VERSUS NONDEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 India: Population Pressure, Technology, Infrastructure, Capital Formation, and Rural Incomes""; ""ANALYTIC ISSUES""; ""A Simple One-Region Model""; ""An Extension to Two Regions""; ""An Extension to Three Regions""; ""EMPIRICAL TESTS: AN APPLICATION TO INDIA""; ""Variable Definitions and Means-Stage I""; ""Variable Definitions and Means-Stage II""; ""Stage I Estimates""; ""Stage II Reduced Form, Income Determinant Estimates""""Real Labor Income Effects""""Land Income Effects""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A: AN ANALYTIC MODEL OF POPULATION AND TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS ON EARNINGS""; ""A SIMPLE, SINGLE-REGION MODEL""; ""AN EXTENSION TO TWO REGIONS""; ""APPENDIX B: DATA TABLES""; ""7 Mauritius: Population and Land Use""; ""REFERENCES""; ""8 Honduras: Population, Inequality, and Resource Destruction""; ""HONDURAS: AN OVERVIEW""; ""THE POPULATION SITUATION""; ""CHANGING LAND USE PATTERNS IN THE SOUTH""; ""The Cotton Boom""; ""The Cattle Boom""; ""Cantaloupe and Shrimp""; ""Summary""; ""SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE""""POPULATION GROWTH AND LAND USE CHANGES""Land useDeveloping countriesDeveloping countriesPopulationLand use333.0091724Preston Samuel H267628Jolly Carole L1522879Torrey Barbara Boyle1522891National Research Council (U.S.).Committee on Population.National Research Council (U.S.).Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778795503321Population and land use in developing countries3762846UNINA