Agriculture and the environment : searching for greener pastures / / edited by Terry L. Anderson and Bruce Yandle

• Pubblicazione: Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , [2001]; ©2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 p.)
• Disciplina: 577.5/5/0973
• Soggetto topico: Agricultural ecology - United States; Agriculture - Environmental aspects - United States; Land use, Rural - United States
• Altri autori: AndersonTerry Lee <1946-> YandleBruce
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Prologue: Terry L. Anderson and Bruce Yandle; 1 - The Disappearance of Agricultural Land: Fact or Fiction?: Bruce R. Beattie; 2 - Land Trusts: A Return to Feudalism: Roger Meiners and Bruce Yandle; 3 - Taxation, Free Markets, and the Use of Agricultural Land: Richard E. Wagner; 4 - The Political Economy of Land Conversion on the Urban Fringe: Samuel R. Staley; 5 - Some Issues Surrounding Land and Chemical Use in Agriculture: B. Delworth Gardner; 6 - Biotechnology, Land Use, and the Environment: Untying the Gordian Knot: Henry I. Miller ; 7 - To Breed, or Not to Breed? The Question of Endangered Species and Agriculture: Ike C. Sugg8 - Agriculture and Water Markets: Terry L. Anderson and Clay J. Landry; About the Authors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The authors focus on the major environmental constraints that limit U.S. food production without necessarily improving environmental quality. Each chapter documents a specific issue, discusses the regulatory response, and offers ideas for reform.
• Titolo autorizzato: Agriculture and the environment
• ISBN: 0-8179-9918-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788905603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; 483.