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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 Info. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 159 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Committee chairman: Samuel H. Preston.
" ... report summarizes the discussions and papers presented at a Committee ... workshop."
Bibliography 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.
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Subject Land use -- Developing countries.
Land use.
Developing countries.
Developing countries -- Population.
Population.
Land use -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Developing countries -- Population -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Congressen (vorm)
Case studies.
Added Author Preston, Samuel H.
Jolly, Carole L.
Torrey, Barbara Boyle.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population.
National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
Other Form: Print version: Population and land use in developing countries. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993 0309048389 (DLC) 93086389 (OCoLC)29713192
ISBN 0585143455 (electronic book)
9780585143453 (electronic book)
0309048389 (paperback)
9780309048385 (paperback)