[PDF] Land Resources For Populations Of The Future eBook

Author : Anthony Young
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 14,36 MB
Release : 2000-07-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521785594

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This book provides an authoritative review of the resources of soils, water, climate, forests and pastures on which agriculture depends. It assesses the interactions between land resources and wider aspects of development, including population and poverty. Unless action is taken, the developing world will face recurrent problems of food security and conflict. The book gives some forcefully-expressed criticisms of current methods of assessing land degradation and placing an economic value on land. It should be read by all involved in rural development, including scientists, economists, geographers, sociologists, planners, and students of development studies. It provides a summary and perspective of the field of land resources, and suggests improvements needed to conserve resources for future generations. The hardback edition of the book received excellent reviews.

Author : Resources for the Future
Publisher : [Baltimore] : Published for Resources for the Future by the Johns Hopkins Press
Page : 1184 pages
File Size : 26,97 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN :

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A detailed examination of the adequacy of natural resources in the U.S. to provide the standard of living expected.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 45,30 MB
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309048389

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This valuable book summarizes recent research by experts from both the natural and social sciences on the effects of population growth on land use. It is a useful introduction to a field in which little quantitative research has been conducted and in which there is a great deal of public controversy. The book 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 in agricultural production? Although much work remains to be done in quantifying the causal connections between demographic and land use changes, this book provides important insights into those connections, and it should stimulate more work in this area.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 11,63 MB
Release : 2005-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309096553

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Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions offers recommendations for future research to improve understanding of how changes in human populations affect the natural environment by means of changes in land use, such as deforestation, urban development, and development of coastal zones. It also features a set of state-of-the-art papers by leading researchers that analyze population-land useenvironment relationships in urban and rural settings in developed and underdeveloped countries and that show how remote sensing and other observational methods are being applied to these issues. This book will serve as a resource for researchers, research funders, and students.