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The Land Problem in the Developed Economy
Land is an important finite commodity in the modern world. In the past wars have been fought over it and land shortage has been the cause of many famines. In modern times debates rage over just how land should be controlled by government and over whether land should be publicly or privately owned.
This book, which was first published in 1984, surveys the major problems and debates connected with land use in the modern developed world. The opening chapters examine the main components of the problem and describe the development of the debate about land from Malthus onwards. The book then analyses land policy in a number of different countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, and Eastern Europe.
This book is ideal for students of geography and economics.
The Land Problem in the Developed Economy
Andrew H. Dawson
First published in 1984
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The Land Problem in the
Developed Economy
Andrew H.Dawson
1984 A.H. Dawson
Croom Helm Ltd, Provident House, Burrell Row,
Beckenham, Kent BR3 1AT
Croom Helm Australia Pty Ltd, First Floor, 139 King Street,
Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Dawson, A.H.
The land problem in the developed economy.
1. Land 2. Natural resources
I. Title
333 HC55
ISBN 0-7099-0819-9
First published in the USA in 1984 by
Barnes & Noble Books, 81 Adams Drive,
Totowa, New Jersey, 07512
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Dawson, A.H. (Andrew H.)
The land problem in the developed economy.
1. Land use Government policy. I. Title.
[HD111.D35 1984b] 333.73'13'091722 83-24360
ISBN 0-389-20456-0
Printed and bound in Great Britain
The Meadows' Model of the Supply and Demand for Arable Land in the World |
Some Actors in Land-Use Decisions in Market Economies |
Some Actors in Land-Use Decisions in Centrally-Planned Economies |
Strategic and Local Planning Authorities in Scotland since 1975 |
Land Designated for Protection in Britain by Central Government for Reasons of Landscape Value in 1981 |
Dalmarnock Local Plan Area - Land Use in 1981 |
Dalmarnock Local Plan Area - Proposed Future Pattern of Land Use |
Overlaps in the Zoning of Cultivated Land in Japan in 1981. (The sizes of the circles and of the overlaps between them are proportional to the areas of land involved.) |
Overlaps in the Zoning of Land in Japan in 1981. (The square represents the entire land area of the country. Land falling within one zone is shown by a single shading; land falling into two zones by a double shading, etc., except for the areas of nature conservation, which are too small to be shown at the same scale as the other zones.) |
Land Use in the Northern Fringe of the Tokyo Conurbation in 1981 |
Land-Use Zoning in the Northern Fringe of the Tokyo Conurbation in 1981 |
Town Map of Framingham, Masachussetts in 1979 |
Land-Use Zones and the Built-Up Area of Framingham, Massachusetts in 1979 |
Land in Federal Ownership in the United States |
Areas of Some Federal, State and Regional Land-Use Planning Authorities and Controls in Massachusetts in 1981 |
Property-Tax Rates in the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Region of Massachusetts in 1 975 |
Per-Capita Income in the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission Region of Massachusetts in 1974 (standardized on 1967 dollars). |
Land-Use Planning by Counties and Federally-Protected Areas in Minnesota in 1981 |
The System of Site Selection for Major Developments in Poland |
Macro-Regional and Regional (Voivodship) Planning Authorities in Poland since 1975. (The name of the chief city in each macro-region is italicised.). |
Some Land-Use Elements of the Spatial Development Plan for Poland |
Some Land-Use Elements of the Development Plan for the South-East Macro-Region of Poland |
Some Land-Use Elements of the Development Plan for Krakow Voivodship |
Some Land-Use Elements of the Development Plan for the City of Krakow |
A Listing of Countries according to their Degree of Development |
The Developed Countries by Population Density |
Population and Land Use in the Four Countries |
World Agricultural Production per capita 1961-1980 |
World Food Production per capita 1961-1980 |
The Quality of Agricultural Land in Britain in 1976 |
Land-Use Zones in City Planning Areas in Japan |
Restrictions on the Uses of Land within Urbanisation Promotion Zones |
Land Use in Japan in 1972 and 1979 and Targets for 1985 |
General Guideline for Areas Zoned for more than one Use |
Tokyo Prefecture - Zoned and Cultivated Land in 1978 |
The Most Important Land Use Problems in Minnesota in 1981 |
Population and Land Use Change in Eastern Europe |
Some Details of the Perspective Plan for Krakow Voivodship and City to 1990 |
Soil Class in Poland and Payments for the Transfer of Land from Agriculture 1978 |
Transfer of Land between Uses in Poland in 1978 and 1979 |