Land Resources: Now and for the Future

by Anthony Young

This book provides an authoritative review of the resources of soils, water, climate, forests and pastures on which agriculture depends. It assesses the interactions between land resources and wider aspects of development, including population and poverty. Unless action is taken, the developing world will face recurrent problems of food security and conflict. The book gives some forcefully-expressed criticisms of current methods of assessing land...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521785596
• ISBN13: 9780521785594
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.7"