The Geography of Agriculture in Developed Market Economies

1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-582-30161-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 512 g

First published in 1993. The broad objective of this book is to describe and explain the contemporary geography of agriculture in developed market economies. The objective has been approached by a team of agricultural geographers, each writer contributing an analysis of a particular topic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bowler, I. R.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1 The industrialization of agriculture 2 Data sources for studying agriculture 3 Factors of production in modern agriculture 4 The agricultural significance of farm size and land tenure 5 Farm types and agricultural regions 6 Changing farm enterprises 7 Marketing agricultural produce 8 Agriculture as a resource system 9 Agriculture and the state 10 Farming at the urban fringe

Über Autor(innen)

Ian R. Bowler Department of Geography, University of Leicester, England