This valuable book summarizes recent research by experts from both the natural and social sciences on the effects of population growth on land use. It is a useful introduction to a field in which little quantitative research has been conducted and in which there is a great deal of public controversy. The book includes case studies of African, Asian, and Latin American countries that demonstrate the varied effects of population growth on land use. Several general chapters address the following timely questions: What is meant by land use change? Why are ecological research and population studies so different? What are the implications for sustainable growth in agricultural production?
Although much work remains to be done in quantifying the causal connections between demographic and land use changes, this book provides important insights into those connections, and it should stimulate more work in this area.
- 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
- 5 Northern Nigeria: Land Transformation Under Agricultural Intensification
- INTRODUCTION
- THE STUDY AREA
- POPULATION CHANGES
- 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
- 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
Text
Audio
Adobe DRM
Login to your account