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Author:   A.P.A. Vink
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Volume:   1
Weight:   0.880kg
ISBN:  

9783540070917

ISBN 10:   3540070915
Pages:   406
Publication Date:   05 May 1975
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1: Introduction.- 1.1 Definitions.- 1.2 Anthropological, Historical, and Institutional Aspects of Land Use.- 1.3 Resources-Aspects of Land Use.- Present and Potential Land Use.- 2: Land Use Surveys.- 2.1 Principles of Land Use Surveys.- 2.2 Various Kinds of Land Use Surveys.- 2.3 Modern Survey Techniques.- 3: Land Utilization Types.- 3.1 General.- 3.2 Agricultural Land Utilization Types.- 3.3 Typology of Agricultural Land Utilization.- 3.4 Non-Agricultural Land Utilization Types.- 4: Land Resources.- 4.1 General Introduction.- 4.2 Climate, Geology, Relief.- 4.2.1 Climate.- 4.2.2 Geology and Relief.- 4.3 Soil and Water Resources.- 4.3.1 Soils.- 4.3.2 Water Conditions.- 4.4 Other Land Resources.- 4.4.1 Artifactial Resources.- 4.4.2 Vegetation Resources.- 5: Landscape Ecology and Land Conditions.- 5.1 General.- 5.2 Landscape Ecology.- 5.3 Land Resources Surveys.- 5.4 Land Use Requirements.- 5.4.1 Cultural Ecosystems as Dynamic Complexes.- 5.4.2 Crop Requirements.- 5.4.3 Land Management Requirements.- 5.4.4 Crop Responses to Management: Land Productivity.- 5.4.5 Land Degradation.- 5.4.6 Requirements of Non-Agricultural Land Utilization Types.- 5.5 Land Conditions.- 5.5.1 Land Qualities.- 5.5.2 Land Limitations.- 5.5.3 Land Improvement.- 5.5.4 Irrigation.- 6: Land Evaluation.- 6.1 General.- 6.2 Actual Land Suitability and Soil Suitability.- 6.3 Potential Land Suitability.- 6.4 Land Evaluation Classifications.- 6.5 Land Evaluation Procedures.- 6.5.1 General.- 6.5.2 Land Resources Interpretation.- 6.5.3 The Intersector Approach.- 7: Development of Land Use in Advancing Agriculture.- 7.1 General.- 7.2 Land Use Improvement and Land Improvement.- 7.3 New Land Utilization Types.- 7.4 Economic and Ecological Considerations.- References.

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