Agriculture and the environment : searching for greener pastures /

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Imprint:Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, c2001.
Description:x, 198 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 483
Hoover Institution Press publication ; 483.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4537170
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Other authors / contributors:Anderson, Terry L. (Terry Lee), 1946-
Yandle, Bruce.
ISBN:0817999124 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • 1. The Disappearance of Agricultural Land: Fact or Fiction?
  • 2. Land Trusts: A Return to Feudalism
  • 3. Taxation, Free Markets, and the Use of Agricultural Land
  • 4. The Political Economy of Land Conversion on the Urban Fringe
  • 5. Some Issues Surrounding Land and Chemical Use in Agriculture
  • 6. Biotechnology, Land-Use, and the Environment: Untying the Gordian Knot
  • 7. To Breed, or Not to Breed? The Question of Endangered Species and Agriculture
  • 8. Agriculture and Water Markets
  • About the Authors
  • Index