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
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 159 pages) : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Preston, Samuel H., Jolly, Carole L., Torrey, Barbara Boyle, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population, and National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
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- Contents
- Population, land use, and environment : a long history / M. Gordon Wolman -- What is meant by land use change? / Isaak S. Zonneveld -- An ecological perspective on population change and land use / Steward T.A. Pickett -- Northern Nigeria : land transformation under agricultural intensification / Michael Mortimore -- India : population pressure, technology, infrastructure, capital formation, and rural incomes / Robert E. Evenson -- Mauritius : population and land use / Wolfgang Lutz and Einar Holm -- Honduras : population, inequality, and resource destruction / Billie R. DeWalt, Susan C. Stonich, and Sarah L. Hamilton -- Population growth, environmental change, and innovation : implications for sustainable growth in agriculture / Vernon W. Ruttan.
- Subject(s)
- Land use—Developing countries
- Land use—Developing countries—Case studies
- Utilisation du sol—Pays en voie de développement
- Utilisation du sol—Pays en voie de développement—Cas, Études de.
- NATURE—Natural Resources
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Environmental Economics
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Green Business
- Land use
- Population
- Bevolking
- Landgebruik
- Developing countries—Population
- Developing countries—Population—Case studies
- Pays en voie de développement—Population
- Pays en voie de développement—Population—Études de cas
- Developing countries
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 0585143455 (electronic bk.)
9780585143453 (electronic bk.)
0309048389 (pbk.)
9780309048385 (pbk.) - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Note
- Committee chairman: Samuel H. Preston.
" ... report summarizes the discussions and papers presented at a Committee ... workshop." - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
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