224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Few people have any coherent idea of whether the shifts taking place in land-use structure are critically important for us all, or whether they are largely immaterial. This book (originally published in 1981) by setting down a more quantified and carefully researched statement and appraisal of land-use structure and change than had previously been attempted, shows that much of the conventional... Read more
1.Living Space and Environment 2. Meanings and Material 3. Land-Use Structure and Change 4. The Extent and Provision of Urban Land 5. The Conversion of Agricultural Land 6. Forecasts and Food Supplies 7. Regional Urban Growth and Agricultural Displacement 8. Land Quality and rural Land Use 9. Comparative Lane Use: Britain, Europe and North America 10. Land-Use Myths and Reality.
Biography
Robin H. Best was Head of the Department of Environmental Studies and Countryside Planning, Wye College, University of London.






