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RECORD NUMBER: 1911 OF 2406Main Title | Shrinking fields : cropland loss in a world of eight billion / | |||||||||||
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Author | Gardner, Gary T., | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Worldwatch Institute, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1996 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 35197338 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 1878071335; 9781878071330 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Land use, Rural ; Land degradation ; Urbanization ; Pays en développement ; Pays développš ; Terres cultives ; Pertes de rcolte ; Dégradation du sol ; Acker ; Erosion ; Landwirtschaft ; Farms ; crop yields ; Conservation of natural resources ; Food conservation | |||||||||||
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Collation | 56 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | "July 1996." Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-55). |
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Contents Notes | Introduction -- Trends: from surplus to scarcity -- Expanding cities -- Evaporating irrigated land -- Degrading our future -- Changing tastes -- A land-scarce world -- Land for the next generation. |