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--Case studies.

Land use.

Land use--China--Case studies.

Land use--United States--Case studies.

India--Population--Case studies.

India.

China--Population--Case studies.

China.

United States--Population--Case studies.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the world (TM)s population exceeds an incredible 6 billion people, governments "and scientists "everywhere are concerned about the prospects for sustainable development. The science academies of the three most populous countries have joined forces in an unprecedented effort to understand the linkage between population growth and land-use change, and its implications for the future. By examining six sites ranging from agricultural to intensely urban to areas in transition, the multinational study panel asks how population growth and consumption directly cause land-use change, and explore the general nature of the forces driving the transformations. Growing Populations, Changing Landscapes explains how disparate government policies with unintended consequences and globalization effects that link local land-use changes to consumption patterns and labor policies in distant countries can be far more influential than simple numerical population increases. Recognizing the importance of these linkages can be a significant step toward more effective environmental management.

Contents:

""GROWING 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""; ""Policies 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""

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:

9786610184637

9780309170727

0309170729

9781280184635

1280184639

9780309570183

0309570182

OCLC:

923269841