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Population and land use in developing countries : report of a workshop

Title
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.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Preston, Samuel H.
  • Jolly, Carole L.
  • Torrey, Barbara Boyle.
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population.
Description
xi, 159 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Land use > Developing countries
  • Developing countries > Population
  • Land use > Developing countries > Case studies
  • Developing countries > Population > Case studies
Note
  • Committee chairman: Samuel H. Preston.
  • "... report summarizes the discussions and papers presented at a Committee ... workshop."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Call Number
JBE 94-2442
ISBN
0309048389
LCCN
93086389
OCLC
29713192
Title
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.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Preston, Samuel H.
Jolly, Carole L.
Torrey, Barbara Boyle.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population.
Research Call Number
JBE 94-2442
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