Autorentext

Anthony Young has published books on transportation, aerospace and social history. He lives in Tennessee.

Klappentext

Stimulates awareness of the critical role of land resources in development.

Zusammenfassung
This book provides an authoritative review of the interactions between land resources and wider aspects of development, including economics, population, poverty and food security, and gives pertinent criticisms of current methods. It should be read by all involved in rural development, including scientists, economists, planners and students of development studies.

Inhalt

Preface; Acknowledgments; 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 actions; Notes; References; Index.