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_aGrowing Populations, Changing Landscapes : _bStudies from India, China, and the United States. |
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_aWashington, D.C. : _bNational Academies Press, _c2001. |
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| 505 | 0 | _aGROWING POPULATIONS, CHANGING LANDSCAPES -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- STUDY REGIONS -- PROJECT DESIGN AND FINDINGS -- CONCLUSION -- PART I Population and Land Use in India, China, and the United States: Context, Observations, and Findings -- 1 Introduction to the Tri-Academy Project -- ORIGIN OF THE STUDY -- RESEARCH OBJECTIVES -- THE STUDY REGIONS -- PROJECT STRUCTURE -- DESCRIPTIVE FRAMEWORK -- REFERENCES -- 2 Elements of Population Growth -- POPULATION AND LAND AREA -- CHANGES IN DENSITY AND POPULATION -- THE DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION AND COMPONENTS OF POPULATION CHANGE -- Age Structure and Age-Specific Vital Rates -- Spatial Redistribution -- THE ORETICAL BACKGROUND AND STUDY FINDINGS -- People as Consumers and Producers -- Study Findings -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 3 Land Use Change in Space and Time -- LAND USE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME -- PATTERNS OF LAND USE CHANGE -- 1. Are Less Intensively Managed Lands Declining? -- 2. What Is the Pattern of Change in Agricultural Land? -- 3. What Is the Dynamic of Change for Subsistence and Market Crops? -- 4. What Has Happened to Built-up Areas? -- PROCESSES OF CHANGE -- REFERENCES -- 4 Findings and Observations of the Tri-Academy Project -- RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- Government Policy -- Globalization and Migration -- FINDINGS -- BEYOND THE CASE STUDIES -- REFERENCE -- PART II India -- Indian Case Studies: An Introduction -- KERALA -- HARYANA -- 5 Population and Land Use in Kerala -- GEOGRAPHY, SOILS, AND CLIMATE -- DEMOGRAPHY -- Fertility and Mortality Rates -- Urban Growth -- Migration -- SOCIAL STRUCTURE -- ECONOMIC STRUCTURE -- CHANGES IN LAND USE -- Shifts in Cropping Patterns -- Migration and Land Use Change -- Travancore-Malabar Migration -- Highland Migration -- Deforestation -- Urbanization -- ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES -- Water Pollution. | |
| 505 | 8 | _aPolicies and Regulations -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 6 Population and Land Use in Haryana -- HARYANA: A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE -- Population -- Migration, Land Availability, and Urbanization -- CHANGES IN LAND USE -- Agricultural Development of Haryana since 1950: Five Phases -- State-level Analysis -- Cropping Patterns -- Effects of the Green Revolution on the Arid and Semiarid Regions -- WATER RESOURCES -- Declining Water Table -- Waterlogging and Salinization -- Water Table Dynamics -- Water Resource Policies -- SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS -- Economic Indicators -- Changes in Household Consumption -- Trends in Livestock -- Social Welfare -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 7 Gender Dimensions of the Relationship Between Population and Land Use in the Indian States of Kerala and Haryana -- A FRAMEWORK FOR AND HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE GENDER DIMENSION OF THE POPULATION-LAND USE RELATIONSHIP IN INDIA -- Effects of Land Use Patterns on the Demand for Female Labor -- Effects of the Demographic Transition Process on the Female Labor Supply -- Effects of a Decline in Common Property Resources on Women's Lives -- Land Use Changes and Their Implications for Women's Health -- DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES OF KERALA AND HARYANA -- LAND USE TRENDS IN KERALA AND HARYANA -- OCCUPATIONAL BREAKDOWN BY GENDER -- FACTORS INFLUENCING THE GENDER-LINKED SOCIAL STRUCTURE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PART III China -- Chinese Case Studies: An Introduction -- JITAI BASIN -- PEARL RIVER DELTA -- 8 Population, Consumption, and Land Use in the Jitai Basin Region, Jiangxi Province -- THE JITAI BASIN: A DESCRIPTION -- Physical Conditions -- Population and Demographics -- Land Use Change -- Land Quality -- Economic Development -- Consumption Levels -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- AN INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF LAND USE CHANGE -- RESEARCH FINDINGS -- CONCLUSION. | |
| 505 | 8 | _aREFERENCES -- 9 Population, Consumption, and Land Use in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province -- THE PEARL RIVER DELTA: A DESCRIPTION -- Physical Conditions -- Demographics -- Land Use Change -- Environmental Quality -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- AN ANALYSIS OF LAND USE CHANGE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART IV United States -- U.S. Case Studies: An Introduction -- SOUTH FLORIDA -- CHICAGO REGION -- 10 Transformation of the South Florida Landscape -- SOUTH FLORIDA: A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION -- The Everglades -- Changes in Land Use -- HUMAN INTERVENTION AND ECOLOGICAL CHANGE IN SOUTH FLORIDA -- Key Drivers of Changes in Land Use -- Pre-1900: Frontier Settlement -- 1900-1930: Drainage and Land Conversion -- 1930-1950: Flood Control and Consolidation -- 1950-1970: Postwar Boom and Flood Control -- 1970-Present: Dynamic Growth and Constraints -- EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF THE PROCESS OF LAND USE CHANGE -- The Impact of the Changing Regional Economy on Land Use -- The Impact of Infrastructure on Land Use -- THE KEY ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS: A DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 11 Evolution of the Chicago Landscape: Population Dynamics, Economic Development, and Land Use Change -- DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY REGION -- MAJOR DRIVERS AND CONSEQUENCES OF LAND COVER CHANGE -- Settlement and Population Dynamics -- Economic Structure -- Resource-Related Activities -- Urban Activities -- Environmental Issues and Resource Exhaustion -- LINKS BETWEEN DRIVERS AND PROCESSES OF LAND USE CHANGE IN CHICAGO -- Pre-settlement-1900 -- 1900-1955 -- 1955-1992 -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. | |
| 588 | _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. | ||
| 590 | _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aLand use-India-Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aLand use-China-Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aLand use-United States-Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aIndia-Population-Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aChina-Population-Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aUnited States-Population-Case studies. | |
| 655 | 4 | _aElectronic books. | |
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