Agriculture and the environment : searching for greener pastures / edited by Terry L. Anderson and Bruce Yandle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderson, Terry Lee, 1946-

Yandle, Bruce.

Series:

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 483.

Hoover Institution Press publication ; number 483

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural ecology--United States.

Agricultural ecology.

Agriculture--Environmental aspects--United States.

Agriculture.

Land use, Rural--United States.

Land use, Rural.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, [2001]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors focus on the major environmental constraints that limit U.S. food production without necessarily improving environmental quality. Each chapter documents a specific issue, discusses the regulatory response, and offers ideas for reform.

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Prologue: Terry L. Anderson and Bruce Yandle; 1 - The Disappearance of Agricultural Land: Fact or Fiction?: Bruce R. Beattie; 2 - Land Trusts: A Return to Feudalism: Roger Meiners and Bruce Yandle; 3 - Taxation, Free Markets, and the Use of Agricultural Land: Richard E. Wagner; 4 - The Political Economy of Land Conversion on the Urban Fringe: Samuel R. Staley; 5 - Some Issues Surrounding Land and Chemical Use in Agriculture: B. Delworth Gardner; 6 - Biotechnology, Land Use, and the Environment: Untying the Gordian Knot: Henry I. Miller

7 - To Breed, or Not to Breed? The Question of Endangered Species and Agriculture: Ike C. Sugg8 - Agriculture and Water Markets: Terry L. Anderson and Clay J. Landry; About the Authors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8179-9918-3

OCLC:

869092091