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Title 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.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2001.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  333.73 G884G    Check Shelf
Description xxiii, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Note "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"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Form Also available on the Internet.
Contents Population and Land Use in India, China, and the United States: Context, Observations, and Findings -- Introduction to the Tri-Academy Project -- Elements of Population Growth -- Land Use Change in Space and Time -- Findings and Observations of the Tri-Academy Project -- India -- Indian Case Studies: An Introduction / P.S. Ramakrishnan -- Population and Land Use in Kerala / P.S. George, S. Chattopadhyay -- Population and Land Use in Haryana / Prem S. Vashishtha, R.K. Sharma, R.P.S. Malik, Seema Bathla -- Gender Dimensions of the Relationship Between Population and Land Use in the Indian States of Kerala and Haryana / Sumati Kulkarni -- China -- Chinese Case Studies: An Introduction / Zhao Shidong -- 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 -- 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 -- United States -- U.S. Case Studies: An Introduction / M. Gordon Wolman -- Transformation of the South Florida Landscape / William D. Solecki, Robert T. Walker -- Evolution of the Chicago Landscape: Population Dynamics, Economic Development, and Land Use Change / Edwin S. Mills, Cynthia S. Simmons.
Subject Land use -- India -- Case studies.
Land use -- China -- Case studies.
Land use -- United States -- Case studies.
India -- Population -- Case studies.
China -- Population -- Case studies.
United States -- Population -- Case studies.
Land use. (OCoLC)fst00991472
Population. (OCoLC)fst01071476
China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Bevölkerungsentwicklung. (DE-588)4006292-2
Bevölkerungswachstum. (DE-588)4129300-9
Bodennutzung. (DE-588)4007389-0
Landnutzung. (DE-588)4259046-2
China. (DE-588)4009937-4
Indien. (DE-588)4026722-2
United States. (DE-588)4078704-7
Bevölkerungsentwicklung.
Bodennutzung.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Indien.
United States.
China.
Genre/Form Aufsatzsammlung.
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Added Author Indian National Science Academy.
Zhongguo ke xue yuan.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Other Form: Online version: Growing populations, changing landscapes. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2001 (OCoLC)593241857
Online version: Growing populations, changing landscapes. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2001 (OCoLC)606820107
ISBN 0309075548
9780309075541
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