Population and land use in developing countries : 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
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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""
• Sommario/riassunto: This valuable book summarizes recent research on the effects of population growth on land use. It is a useful introduction to this field and includes case studies of African, Asian, and Latin American countries that demonstrate the varied effects of population growth on land use. Several general chapters address the following timely questions: What is meant by land use change? Why are ecological research and population studies so different? What are the implications for sustainable growth?
• 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.: 9910961927003321
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