Growing populations, changing landscapes : studies from India, China, and the United States / Indian National Science Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Indian National Science Academy.

Zhongguo ke xue yuan.

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use--India.

Land use.

Population.

India.

Land use--China.

China.

Land use--United States.

United States.

India--Population.

China--Population.

United States--Population.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2001]

Contents:

Part I Population and Land Use in India, China, and the United States: Context, Observations, and Findings

1 Introduction to the Tri-Academy Project 11

2 Elements of Population Growth 23

3 Land Use Change in Space and Time 43

4 Findings and Observations of the Tri-Academy Project 61

Part II India

Indian Case Studies: An Introduction / P. S. Ramakrishnan 75

5 Population and Land Use in Kerala / P. S. George, S. Chattopadhyay 79

6 Population and Land Use in Haryana / Prem S. Vashishtha, R. K. Sharma, R. P. S. Malik, Seema Bathla 107

7 Gender Dimensions of the Relationship Between Population and Land Use in the Indian States of Kerala and Haryana / Sumati Kulkarni 145

Part III China

Chinese Case Studies: An Introduction / Zhao Shidong 175

8 Population, Consumption, and Land Use in the Jitai Basin Region, Jiangxi Province / Zhao Shidong, Lu Jiehua, Zhang Hongqi, Zeng Yi, Qi Wenhu, Liang Zhiwu, Zhang Taolin, Liu Guiping, Qin Mingzhou, Jiang Leiwen 179

9 Population, Consumption, and Land Use in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province / Zhao Shidong, Zeng Yi, Bai Wanqi, Lu Jiehua, Qi Wenhu, Liu Guiping, Zhang Taolin, Qin Mingzhou, Jiang Leiwen 207

Part IV United States

U.S. Case Studies: An Introduction / M. Gordon Wolman 233

10 Transformation of the South Florida Landscape / William D. Solecki, Robert T. Walker 237

11 Evolution of the Chicago Landscape: Population Dynamics, Economic Development, and Land Use Change / Edwin S. Mills, Cynthia S. Simmons 275.

Notes:

"This study was supported by Grant No. 95-31825A-POP/PCE and 96-41812A-WER between the National Academy of Sciences and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Task Order #34, NO1-OD-4139 of the Dept. of Health and Human Services"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0309075548

OCLC:

47268224