The Geography of Agriculture in Developed Market Economies

ISBN-13: 9780582301610 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 336 str.

Ian R. Bowler; Ian R. Bower

Opis

Examines the geography of agriculture in developed market economies encompassing such topics as the industrialization of agriculture, factors of production in modern agriculture, farm types and agricultural regions, agriculture and the environment and farming at the urban fringe.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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