Land-use changes in comparative perspective

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Himiyama, Yukio , 1949- (Author), Hwang, Man-ik , 1940- (Author), Ichinose, Toshiaki (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Enfield, NH ; Plymouth, UK : Science Publishers , 2002
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Global mapping for land-use/cover change study / Hiroshi Une, Shozo Kajikawa, Hiroshi P. Sato
  • 2. Dynamic land use in the Czech Republic: data sources, research methods and compatibility / Ivan Bicik
  • 3. Spatial pattern of suburbanization and land-use change process: case study in Jakarta suburb / Ernan Rustiadi, Dyah Retno
  • 4. Urbanization and challenges to sustainable rural land use in India - comparative case study / R. B. Singh
  • 5. Country residential development as indicated by building counts: case study for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada / Hugh Millward
  • 6. Land-use changes and land-use policies in the Capital Region, South Korea / Manik Hwang
  • 7. Expansion of the town center in the rural area of Changjiang Delta and its mechanism: a case study of Xishan City, Jiangsu Province, China / Zengmin Ji, Kiyoshi Torii
  • 8. Sustainable land use in Portugal / Ana Firmino
  • 9. Prospects of sustainable agricultural development in Russia / Elena V. Milanova
  • 10. The role of population change in land-use and land-cover change in rural Latin America: uncovering local processes concealed by macrolevel data / David L. Carr
  • 11. Characteristics of land-use changes in the Beijing Metropolitan Area, China / Toshio Kikuchi
  • 12. Measuring spatial association of aquacultural land use in Taiwan / Bor-Wen Tsai, Kang-Tsung Chang, Chang-Yi Chang, Jen-Ming Chu
  • 13. Land reclamation in China from the early 1950s to the late 1990s / Lu Qi, Zeng Lei, Zhan Jinyan
  • 14. Land reclamation process in Northeast China since 1900 / Zhang Bai
  • 15. Urbanization around Tokyo Bay / Yasuo Masai
  • 16. Land reclamation from tidal flats in Korea: a historical perspective / Manik Hwang
  • 17. Land-use change and regional development in Hokkaido / Yukio Himiyama
  • 18. Czech frontier in the 20th century: major political shifts reflected in changing land-use structure / Vit Stepanek
  • 19. Comparison of land-use changes in and outside biosphere reserves in Czechia / Bicik, L. Jelecek, P. Chromy, L. Kupkova, L. Sefrna