Population and Land Use in Developing Countries:

Report of a Workshop

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Size: 172 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1993

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Front Matter	i-xii
1 Introduction	1-14	(skim)
2 Population, Land Use, and Environment: A Long History	15-29	(skim)
3 What is Meant by Land Use Change?	30-36	(skim)
4 An Ecological Perspective on Population Change and Land Use	37-41	(skim)
5 Northern Nigeria: Land Transformation Under Agricultural Intensification	42-69	(skim)
6 India: Population Pressure, Technology, Infrastructure, Capital Formation, and Rural Incomes	70-97	(skim)
7 Mauritius: Population and Land Use	98-105	(skim)
8 Honduras: Population, Inequality, and Resource Destruction	106-123	(skim)
9 Population Growth, Environmental Change, and Innovation: Implications for Sustainable Growth in Agriculture	124-156	(skim)
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda	157-159	(skim)
Appendix B: Workshop Participants	160-161	(skim)

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This valuable book summarizes recent research on the effects of population growth on land use. It is a useful introduction to this field and 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?

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