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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
| 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 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.0091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PrestonSamuel H
JollyCarole L TorreyBarbara Boyle |
| Soggetto topico | Land use - Developing countries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-19644-0
9786610196449 0-309-58523-6 0-585-14345-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455933403321 |
| Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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
| 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 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.0091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PrestonSamuel H
JollyCarole L TorreyBarbara Boyle |
| Soggetto topico | Land use - 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 | eng |
| 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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778795503321 |
| Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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
| 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 |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.0091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PrestonSamuel H
JollyCarole L TorreyBarbara Boyle |
| Soggetto topico | Land use - 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 | eng |
| 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"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812478603321 |
| Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Population dynamics of Kenya [[electronic resource] /] / William Brass and Carole L. Jolly, editors ; Working Group on Kenya ... [et al.]
| Population dynamics of Kenya [[electronic resource] /] / William Brass and Carole L. Jolly, editors ; Working Group on Kenya ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 183 p. : ill., maps |
| Disciplina | 304.6/096762 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BrassWilliam
JollyCarole L |
| Collana | Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Demography - Kenya
Fertility, Human - Kenya |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-19603-3
9786610196036 0-309-58589-9 0-585-15551-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455908303321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Population dynamics of Kenya [[electronic resource] /] / William Brass and Carole L. Jolly, editors ; Working Group on Kenya ... [et al.]
| Population dynamics of Kenya [[electronic resource] /] / William Brass and Carole L. Jolly, editors ; Working Group on Kenya ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 183 p. : ill., maps |
| Disciplina | 304.6/096762 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BrassWilliam
JollyCarole L |
| Collana | Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Demography - Kenya
Fertility, Human - Kenya |
| ISBN |
1-280-19603-3
9786610196036 0-309-58589-9 0-585-15551-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778792803321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Population dynamics of Kenya [[electronic resource] /] / William Brass and Carole L. Jolly, editors ; Working Group on Kenya ... [et al.]
| Population dynamics of Kenya [[electronic resource] /] / William Brass and Carole L. Jolly, editors ; Working Group on Kenya ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 183 p. : ill., maps |
| Disciplina | 304.6/096762 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BrassWilliam
JollyCarole L |
| Collana | Population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Soggetto topico |
Demography - Kenya
Fertility, Human - Kenya |
| ISBN |
1-280-19603-3
9786610196036 0-309-58589-9 0-585-15551-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811501903321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||