Population 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 Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (173 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.0091724
• Soggetto topico: Land use - Developing countries
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Population
• Altri autori: PrestonSamuel H JollyCarole L TorreyBarbara Boyle
• Note generali: Committee chairman: Samuel H. Preston.; "...report summarizes the discussions and papers presented at a Committee...workshop."--Pref.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Population and land use in developing countries
• ISBN: 1-280-19644-0; 9786610196449; 0-309-58523-6; 0-585-14345-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778795503321
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