Population and Land Use in Developing Countries : Report of a Workshop.
by
 
National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Board on Testing and Assessment.

Title
Population and Land Use in Developing Countries : Report of a Workshop.

Author
National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Board on Testing and Assessment.

ISBN
9780309585231

Personal Author
National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Board on Testing and Assessment.

Physical Description
1 online resource (173 pages)

Contents
Population and Land Use in Developing Countries -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- WHY THIS IS A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER -- THE INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF POPULATION GROWTH AND LAND USE CHANGE -- WORKSHOP PAPERS -- SUMMARY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 2 Population, Land Use, and Environment: A Long History -- NATURAL PROCESSES AND ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS -- HISTORICAL CHANGES IN HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON THE LAND -- OFF-SITE EFFECTS OF LAND CHANGES -- SOME GENERALIZATIONS FROM THE PAST -- THE PAST AND THE FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- 3 What Is Meant by Land Use Change? -- LANDSCAPE STABILITY -- MEASUREMENT OF LAND USE CHANGE BY REMOTE SENSING -- Interpretation of Remote Sensing Data -- Computer-Assisted Interpretation -- Use of Remote-Sensing Data -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 4 An Ecological Perspective on Population Change and Land Use -- REFERENCES -- 5 Northern Nigeria: Land Transformation Under Agricultural Intensification -- INTRODUCTION -- Objectives -- THE STUDY AREA -- Methods -- POPULATION CHANGES -- The High-Density Case -- THE LOW-DENSITY CASE -- The Demographic Basis of Intensification -- LAND USE CHANGE -- The High-Density Case -- The Low-Density Case -- Land Use Change and Population Growth -- LAND INVESTMENT -- Introduction -- Soil and Water Conservation Structures -- Irrigation -- Enclosures -- Fertilization -- Trees -- Investment and Population Growth -- SOIL MANAGEMENT -- Soil Physical Properties -- Soil Chemical Properties -- Comparison of Cultivated with Uncultivated Soils -- Fertilization -- Soil Management and Population Density -- FARM TREES -- The High-Density Area -- The Low-Density Area -- Farm Trees and Population Density -- DEMOGRAPHIC VERSUS NONDEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.
 
6 India: Population Pressure, Technology, Infrastructure, Capital Formation, and Rural Incomes -- ANALYTIC ISSUES -- A Simple One-Region Model -- An Extension to Two Regions -- An Extension to Three Regions -- EMPIRICAL TESTS: AN APPLICATION TO INDIA -- Variable Definitions and Means-Stage I -- Variable Definitions and Means-Stage II -- Stage I Estimates -- Stage II Reduced Form, Income Determinant Estimates -- Real Labor Income Effects -- Land Income Effects -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: AN ANALYTIC MODEL OF POPULATION AND TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS ON EARNINGS -- A SIMPLE, SINGLE-REGION MODEL -- AN EXTENSION TO TWO REGIONS -- APPENDIX B: DATA TABLES -- 7 Mauritius: Population and Land Use -- REFERENCES -- 8 Honduras: Population, Inequality, and Resource Destruction -- HONDURAS: AN OVERVIEW -- THE POPULATION SITUATION -- CHANGING LAND USE PATTERNS IN THE SOUTH -- The Cotton Boom -- The Cattle Boom -- Cantaloupe and Shrimp -- Summary -- SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE -- POPULATION GROWTH AND LAND USE CHANGES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 9 Population Growth, Environmental Change, and Innovation: Implications for Sustainable Growth in Ag... -- CONCERNS ABOUT RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- The Three Waves of Concern -- The Agricultural Transformation -- CHANGES INDUCED BY POPULATION GROWTH -- Induced Technical Change -- Induced Institutional Change -- Induced Innovation and the Environment -- CONSTRAINTS ON FUTURE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION -- Scientific and Technical Constraints -- Resource and Environmental Constraints on Sustainable Growth -- Generic Issues -- SUSTAINABLE GROWTH -- Defining Sustainable Growth -- Historically Sustainable Agricultural Systems -- The Issue of Substitutability -- Obligations Toward the Future -- Incentive Compatible Institutional Design -- AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- Appendix Workshop Agenda.

Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term
Developing countries -- Population.
 
Electronic books. -- local.
 
Land use -- Developing countries.

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
Staff, National Research Council.
 
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,.
 
National Research Council,.
 
National Academy of Sciences,.
 
Torrey, Barbara Boyle.

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LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book1336574-1001HB884 -- .P67 1993 EBEbrary E-Books