An Introduction to Agricultural Geography
An Introduction to Agricultural Geography

Author: David Grigg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1134887639

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Employing nearly half of the world's workforce, agriculture is clearly of great economic and social importance. An incredible variety of methods are used globally; the Western world has the latest scientific and industrial advancements at its disposal, yet in the Thrid World a living is made using tools that have hardly changed in two thousand years. An Introduction to Agricultural Geography provides an extensive guide through this diverse and increaslingly important geographical subject, aiming to show that a wide range of factors explain how agricultural practices differ from place to place. Dealing with the physical environment, economic behaviour and demands, institutional and social influences and the impact of farming upon the environment, the author has produced an important introductory text that is topical, incisive and ultimately essential to reach an understanding of the remarkable diversity of the world's major industry.

Rediscovering Geography
Rediscovering Geography

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1997-03-28

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0309051991

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As political, economic, and environmental issues increasingly spread across the globe, the science of geography is being rediscovered by scientists, policymakers, and educators alike. Geography has been made a core subject in U.S. schools, and scientists from a variety of disciplines are using analytical tools originally developed by geographers. Rediscovering Geography presents a broad overview of geography's renewed importance in a changing world. Through discussions and highlighted case studies, this book illustrates geography's impact on international trade, environmental change, population growth, information infrastructure, the condition of cities, the spread of AIDS, and much more. The committee examines some of the more significant tools for data collection, storage, analysis, and display, with examples of major contributions made by geographers. Rediscovering Geography provides a blueprint for the future of the discipline, recommending how to strengthen its intellectual and institutional foundation and meet the demand for geographic expertise among professionals and the public.

Isolated State
Isolated State

Author: Johann Heinrich von Thünen

Publisher:

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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Abridged and translated from the 2d German ed. "A bibliography of references to Thèunen in English": pages xlv-xlvii.