Land-use change : proceedings of the Asahikawa-Sapporo International Symposium, August 1987 / edited by R.D. Hill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hill, R. D. (Ronald David), 1935-

International Geographical Union. Study Group on the Dynamics of Land Use Systems.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land use--Congresses.

Land use.

Urbanization--Congresses.

Urbanization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Published for the International Geographical Union Study Group on the Dynamics of Land Use Systems by Hong Kong University Press, c1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Land-use change is ubiquitous. This volume, in bringing together a range of studies presented at a Symposium held in Hokkaido, Japan, in August 1987, illustrates this.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Foreword; 1. Smith, Ricardo, Stalin and the 'Irrationality' of Present-day Global Land Use / R.D. Hill; 2. Public Intervention in Land-use Conversion: Western Europe and Japan / Ren Azuma; 3. The Recent Trend of Land Transactions in Japan / Yukio Himiyama; 4. Development of Land-use Map Series in Japan / Takekazu Akagiri; 5. Land-use Planning in Japan / Minoru Kikuchi; 6. Land-use Change in the Tarai Region of Uttar Pradesh, India / V.R. Singh; 7. The Dynamics of Change in Rural Land Ownership and Land Use in Scotland / Alexander S. Mather

8. Land-use Change in the Mountains of Japan since the Period of Higher Economic Growth / Yoshihisa Fujita9. Land-use Change and Farmland Conservation at the Foot of Mount Tokachi and in the Upper Tama Valley, Japan / Genpo Hayafune; 10. Agricultural Land-use Survey by Landsat MSS Data / Tetsuo Sato; 11. Urban Land Use and Urban Renewal in Japan / Yoshiaki Takatsu; 12. Detailed Digital Land-use Survey in the Metropolitan Regions of Japan / Nobuo Nagai, Tadao Hoya, Takekazu Akagiri and Akira Yaguchi; 13. Land-use Control in the Peri-urban Areas of Japan / Haruhiro Doi

14. Environmental Planning for Land-use Change in Japan: The Tokyo Bay Area Coastal Cities Study / Harvey A. Shapiro15. The Use and Provision of Urban Land for Ecology Field Teaching: Recent Developments in North London / Monica Hale; 16. The Development of Housing Estates (Danchi) in Hilly Areas in Kobe, Japan / Mitsunori Saito; 17. Land Conditions and Land Use in the Tama Hill Area, Tokyo

an Application of the Digital National Land Information System / Akio Bitoh; 18. Urban Land-use Changes with Special Reference to Visakhapatnam, India / S. Sachi Devi

19. The Urban Growth of Sapporo

Viewed from the Perspectives of Land Use and Land Price / Kiyotaka Jitsuwhite page.pdf; white page.pdf

Notes:

At head of title: International Geographical Union. Union geographique internationale.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-70467-2

9786612704673

988-220-193-8

OCLC:

652842429