Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 2 Population, Land Use, and Environment: A Long History; 4 3 What is Meant by Land Use Change?; 5 4 An Ecological Perspective on Population Change and Land Use; 6 5 Northern Nigeria: Land Transformation Under Agricultural Intensification; 7 6 India: Population Pressure, Technology, Infrastructure, Capital Formation, and Rural Incomes; 8 7 Mauritius: Population and Land Use; 9 8 Honduras: Population, Inequality, and Resource Destruction; 10 9 Population Growth, Environmental Change, and Innovation: Implications for Sustainable Growth in Agriculture; 11 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; 12 Appendix B: Workshop Participants

About the Author

Committee on Population, National Research Council