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.