Growing populations, changing landscapes [[electronic resource] ] : studies from India, China, and the United States / / Indian National Science Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.73/095 |
Soggetto topico |
Land use - India
Land use - China Land use - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-18463-9
9786610184637 0-309-57018-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""GROWING POPULATIONS, CHANGING LANDSCAPES""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""STUDY REGIONS""; ""PROJECT DESIGN AND FINDINGS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""PART I Population and Land Use in India, China, and the United States: Context, Observations, and Findings""; ""1 Introduction to the Tri-Academy Project""; ""ORIGIN OF THE STUDY""; ""RESEARCH OBJECTIVES""; ""THE STUDY REGIONS""; ""PROJECT STRUCTURE""; ""DESCRIPTIVE FRAMEWORK""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Elements of Population Growth""; ""POPULATION AND LAND AREA""
""CHANGES IN DENSITY AND POPULATION""""THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION AND COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE""; ""Age Structure and Age-Specific Vital Rates""; ""Spatial Redistribution""; ""THE ORETICAL BACKGROUND AND STUDY FINDINGS""; ""People as Consumers and Producers""; ""Study Findings""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Land Use Change in Space and Time""; ""LAND USE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME""; ""PATTERNS OF LAND USE CHANGE""; ""1. Are Less Intensively Managed Lands Declining?""; ""2. What Is the Pattern of Change in Agricultural Land?"" ""3. What Is the Dynamic of Change for Subsistence and Market Crops?""""4. What Has Happened to Built-up Areas?""; ""PROCESSES OF CHANGE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Findings and Observations of the Tri-Academy Project""; ""RESEARCH QUESTIONS""; ""Government Policy""; ""Globalization and Migration""; ""FINDINGS""; ""BEYOND THE CASE STUDIES""; ""REFERENCE""; ""PART II India""; ""Indian Case Studies: An Introduction""; ""KERALA""; ""HARYANA""; ""5 Population and Land Use in Kerala""; ""GEOGRAPHY, SOILS, AND CLIMATE""; ""DEMOGRAPHY""; ""Fertility and Mortality Rates""; ""Urban Growth""; ""Migration"" ""SOCIAL STRUCTURE""""ECONOMIC STRUCTURE""; ""CHANGES IN LAND USE""; ""Shifts in Cropping Patterns""; ""Migration and Land Use Change""; ""Travancore�Malabar Migration""; ""Highland Migration""; ""Deforestation""; ""Urbanization""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES""; ""Water Pollution""; ""Policies and Regulations""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 Population and Land Use in Haryana""; ""HARYANA: A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE""; ""Population""; ""Migration, Land Availability, and Urbanization""; ""CHANGES IN LAND USE""; ""Agricultural Development of Haryana since 1950: Five Phases"" ""State-level Analysis""""Cropping Patterns""; ""Effects of the Green Revolution on the Arid and Semiarid Regions""; ""WATER RESOURCES""; ""Declining Water Table""; ""Waterlogging and Salinization""; ""Water Table Dynamics""; ""Water Resource Policies""; ""SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS""; ""Economic Indicators""; ""Changes in Household Consumption""; ""Trends in Livestock""; ""Social Welfare""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 Gender Dimensions of the Relationship Between Population and Land Use in the Indian States of Kerala and Haryana"" ""A FRAMEWORK FOR AND HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE GENDER DIMENSION OF THE POPULATION�LAND USE RELATIONSHIP IN INDIA"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456164503321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Growing populations, changing landscapes [[electronic resource] ] : studies from India, China, and the United States / / Indian National Science Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.73/095 |
Soggetto topico |
Land use - India
Land use - China Land use - United States |
ISBN |
0-309-17072-9
1-280-18463-9 9786610184637 0-309-57018-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""GROWING POPULATIONS, CHANGING LANDSCAPES""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""STUDY REGIONS""; ""PROJECT DESIGN AND FINDINGS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""PART I Population and Land Use in India, China, and the United States: Context, Observations, and Findings""; ""1 Introduction to the Tri-Academy Project""; ""ORIGIN OF THE STUDY""; ""RESEARCH OBJECTIVES""; ""THE STUDY REGIONS""; ""PROJECT STRUCTURE""; ""DESCRIPTIVE FRAMEWORK""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Elements of Population Growth""; ""POPULATION AND LAND AREA""
""CHANGES IN DENSITY AND POPULATION""""THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION AND COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE""; ""Age Structure and Age-Specific Vital Rates""; ""Spatial Redistribution""; ""THE ORETICAL BACKGROUND AND STUDY FINDINGS""; ""People as Consumers and Producers""; ""Study Findings""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Land Use Change in Space and Time""; ""LAND USE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME""; ""PATTERNS OF LAND USE CHANGE""; ""1. Are Less Intensively Managed Lands Declining?""; ""2. What Is the Pattern of Change in Agricultural Land?"" ""3. What Is the Dynamic of Change for Subsistence and Market Crops?""""4. What Has Happened to Built-up Areas?""; ""PROCESSES OF CHANGE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Findings and Observations of the Tri-Academy Project""; ""RESEARCH QUESTIONS""; ""Government Policy""; ""Globalization and Migration""; ""FINDINGS""; ""BEYOND THE CASE STUDIES""; ""REFERENCE""; ""PART II India""; ""Indian Case Studies: An Introduction""; ""KERALA""; ""HARYANA""; ""5 Population and Land Use in Kerala""; ""GEOGRAPHY, SOILS, AND CLIMATE""; ""DEMOGRAPHY""; ""Fertility and Mortality Rates""; ""Urban Growth""; ""Migration"" ""SOCIAL STRUCTURE""""ECONOMIC STRUCTURE""; ""CHANGES IN LAND USE""; ""Shifts in Cropping Patterns""; ""Migration and Land Use Change""; ""Travancore�Malabar Migration""; ""Highland Migration""; ""Deforestation""; ""Urbanization""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES""; ""Water Pollution""; ""Policies and Regulations""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 Population and Land Use in Haryana""; ""HARYANA: A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE""; ""Population""; ""Migration, Land Availability, and Urbanization""; ""CHANGES IN LAND USE""; ""Agricultural Development of Haryana since 1950: Five Phases"" ""State-level Analysis""""Cropping Patterns""; ""Effects of the Green Revolution on the Arid and Semiarid Regions""; ""WATER RESOURCES""; ""Declining Water Table""; ""Waterlogging and Salinization""; ""Water Table Dynamics""; ""Water Resource Policies""; ""SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS""; ""Economic Indicators""; ""Changes in Household Consumption""; ""Trends in Livestock""; ""Social Welfare""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 Gender Dimensions of the Relationship Between Population and Land Use in the Indian States of Kerala and Haryana"" ""A FRAMEWORK FOR AND HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE GENDER DIMENSION OF THE POPULATION�LAND USE RELATIONSHIP IN INDIA"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780010103321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Growing populations, changing landscapes : studies from India, China, and the United States / / Indian National Science Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.73/095 |
Soggetto topico |
Land use - India
Land use - China Land use - United States |
ISBN |
0-309-17072-9
1-280-18463-9 9786610184637 0-309-57018-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""GROWING POPULATIONS, CHANGING LANDSCAPES""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""STUDY REGIONS""; ""PROJECT DESIGN AND FINDINGS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""PART I Population and Land Use in India, China, and the United States: Context, Observations, and Findings""; ""1 Introduction to the Tri-Academy Project""; ""ORIGIN OF THE STUDY""; ""RESEARCH OBJECTIVES""; ""THE STUDY REGIONS""; ""PROJECT STRUCTURE""; ""DESCRIPTIVE FRAMEWORK""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Elements of Population Growth""; ""POPULATION AND LAND AREA""
""CHANGES IN DENSITY AND POPULATION""""THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION AND COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE""; ""Age Structure and Age-Specific Vital Rates""; ""Spatial Redistribution""; ""THE ORETICAL BACKGROUND AND STUDY FINDINGS""; ""People as Consumers and Producers""; ""Study Findings""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Land Use Change in Space and Time""; ""LAND USE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME""; ""PATTERNS OF LAND USE CHANGE""; ""1. Are Less Intensively Managed Lands Declining?""; ""2. What Is the Pattern of Change in Agricultural Land?"" ""3. What Is the Dynamic of Change for Subsistence and Market Crops?""""4. What Has Happened to Built-up Areas?""; ""PROCESSES OF CHANGE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Findings and Observations of the Tri-Academy Project""; ""RESEARCH QUESTIONS""; ""Government Policy""; ""Globalization and Migration""; ""FINDINGS""; ""BEYOND THE CASE STUDIES""; ""REFERENCE""; ""PART II India""; ""Indian Case Studies: An Introduction""; ""KERALA""; ""HARYANA""; ""5 Population and Land Use in Kerala""; ""GEOGRAPHY, SOILS, AND CLIMATE""; ""DEMOGRAPHY""; ""Fertility and Mortality Rates""; ""Urban Growth""; ""Migration"" ""SOCIAL STRUCTURE""""ECONOMIC STRUCTURE""; ""CHANGES IN LAND USE""; ""Shifts in Cropping Patterns""; ""Migration and Land Use Change""; ""Travancore�Malabar Migration""; ""Highland Migration""; ""Deforestation""; ""Urbanization""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES""; ""Water Pollution""; ""Policies and Regulations""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 Population and Land Use in Haryana""; ""HARYANA: A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE""; ""Population""; ""Migration, Land Availability, and Urbanization""; ""CHANGES IN LAND USE""; ""Agricultural Development of Haryana since 1950: Five Phases"" ""State-level Analysis""""Cropping Patterns""; ""Effects of the Green Revolution on the Arid and Semiarid Regions""; ""WATER RESOURCES""; ""Declining Water Table""; ""Waterlogging and Salinization""; ""Water Table Dynamics""; ""Water Resource Policies""; ""SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS""; ""Economic Indicators""; ""Changes in Household Consumption""; ""Trends in Livestock""; ""Social Welfare""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 Gender Dimensions of the Relationship Between Population and Land Use in the Indian States of Kerala and Haryana"" ""A FRAMEWORK FOR AND HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE GENDER DIMENSION OF THE POPULATION�LAND USE RELATIONSHIP IN INDIA"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826237303321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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