Land-use changes in comparative perspective / editors, Yukio Himiyama, Manik Hwang and Toshiaki Ichinose.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Himiyama, Yukio, 1949-

Hwang, Man-ik, 1940-

Ichinose, Toshiaki.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use--Congresses.

Land use.

Land use, Rural--Congresses.

Land use, Rural.

Urbanization--Congresses.

Urbanization.

Sustainable development--Congresses.

Sustainable development.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 262 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Enfield, NH : Science Publishers, [2002]

Contents:

Part I Data and Methods

1. Global Mapping for Land-Use/Cover Change Study / Hiroshi Une, Shozo Kajikawa, Hiroshi P. Sato 3

2. Dynamic Land Use in the Czech Republic: Data Sources, Research Methods and Compatibility / Ivan Bicik 21

Part II Urbanization

3. Spatial Pattern of Suburbanization and Land-Use Change Process: Case Study in Jakarta Suburb / Ernan Rustiadi, Dyah Retno Panuju 33

4. Urbanization and Challenges to Sustainable Rural Land Use in India

Comparative Case Study / R.B. Singh 53

5. Country Residential Development as Indicated by Building Counts: Case Study for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada / Hugh Millward 63

6. Land-Use Changes and Land-Use Policies in the Capital Region, South Korea / Manik Hwang 81

Part III Sustainability of Rural Land Use

7. Expansion of the Town Center in the Rural Area of Changjiang Delta and Its Mechanism: A Case Study of Xishan City, Jiangsu Province, China / Zengmin Ji, Kiyoshi Torii 93

8. Sustainable Land Use in Portugal / Ana Firmino 115

9. Prospects of Sustainable Agricultural Development in Russia / Elena V. Milanova 123

10. The Role of Population Change in Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in Rural Latin America: Uncovering Local Processes Concealed by Macrolevel Data / David L. Carr 133

11. Characteristics of Land-Use Changes in the Beijing Metropolitan Area, China / Toshio Kikuchi 149

Part IV Land Reclamation and Coastal Change

12. Measuring Spatial Association of Aquacultural Land Use in Taiwan / Bor-Wen Tsai, Kang-Tsung Chang, Chang-Yi Chang, Jen-Ming Chu 167

13. Land Reclamation in China from the Early 1950s to the Late 1990s / Lu Qi, Zeng Lei, Zhan Jinyan 177

14. Land Reclamation Process in Northeast China since 1900 / Zhang Bai 189

15. Urbanization around Tokyo Bay / Yasuo Masai 197

16. Land Reclamation from Tidal Flats in Korea: A Historical Perspective / Manik Hwang 209

Part V Land-Use Change in Peripheral Areas

17. Land-Use Change and Regional Development in Hokkaido / Yukio Himiyama 221

18. Czech Frontier in the 20th Century: Major Political Shifts Reflected in Changing Land-Use Structure / Vit Stepanek 241

19. Comparison of Land-Use Changes in and outside Biosphere Reserves in Czechia / Bicik, L. Jelecek, P. Chromy, L. Kupkova, L. Sefrna 249.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1578082137

OCLC:

50810317