Land resources : now and for the future /

Land resources : now and for the future /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Young, Anthony, 1932-
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Description:	xii, 319 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Land use, Rural -- Planning. Agricultural conservation. Renewable natural resources. Sustainable development. Land use, Rural -- Developing countries -- Planning. Agricultural conservation -- Developing countries. Renewable natural resources -- Developing countries. Sustainable development -- Developing countries. Agricultural conservation. Land use, Rural -- Planning. Renewable natural resources. Sustainable development. Developing countries.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3355527

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ISBN:	0521590035 (hb) 0521599989 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-312) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on acronyms and currency
1. Concern for land
2. Land resource issues
3. Resource survey and land evaluation
4. Competition for land
5. Working with farmers
6. Land use planning
7. Land degradation
8. Global issues: climatic change and biodiversity
9. Monitoring change: land resource indicators
10. Costing the earth: the economic value of land resources
11. Land management: caring for resources
12. Research and technology
13. Land, food, and people
14. Population, poverty, and conflict
15. Awareness, attitudes, and action
Notes
References
Index