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Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions (2005)
Board on Environmental Change and Society (BECS)

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Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions

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Population Change and Landscape Dynamics: The Nang Rong, Thailand, Studies
Stephen J. Walsh, Ronald R. Rindfuss, Pramote Prasartkul, Barbara Entwisle, and Aphichat Chamratrithirong

 

135

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The Urban Ecology of Metropolitan Phoenix: A Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Study
Charles L. Redman

 

163

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Economies, Societies, and Landscapes in Transition: Examples from the Pearl River Delta, China, and the Red River Delta, Vietnam
Karen C. Seto

 

193

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Beyond Population Size: Examining Intricate Interactions Among Population Structure, Land Use, and Environment in Wolong Nature Reserve, China
Jianguo Liu, Li An, Sandra S. Batie, Scott L. Bearer, Xiaodong Chen, Richard E. Groop, Guangming He, Zai Liang, Marc A. Linderman, Angela G. Mertig, Zhiyun Ouyang, Jiaguo Qi, Hermin Zhang, and Shiqiang Zhou

 

217

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People, Land Use, and Environment in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico
Pamela Matson, Amy L. Luers, Karen C. Seto, Rosamond L. Naylor, and J. Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio

 

238

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Patterns of Urban Land Use as Assessed by Satellite Imagery: An Application to Cairo, Egypt
John R. Weeks, Dennis P. Larson, and Debbie L. Fugate

 

265

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A Review of 10 Years of Work on Economic Growth and Population Change in Rural India
Andrew Foster

 

287

APPENDIX
About the Contributors

 

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Front Matter (R1-R14)
PART I--PANEL REPORT: Executive Summary (1-6)
1 The State of Knowledge (7-30)
2 Recommended Research Directions (31-39)
References (40-50)
PART II--PAPERS: 3 Global and Case-Based Modeling of Population and Land Use Change--Günther Fischer and Brian C. O’Neill (51-83)
4 Population and Environment in the U.S. Great Plains--Myron P. Gutmann, William J. Parton, Geoff Cunfer, and Ingrid C. Burke (84-105)
5 Population and Environment in Amazônia: Landscape and Household Dynamics--Emilio F. Moran, Eduardo S. Brondízio, and Leah K. VanWey (106-134)
6 Population Change and Landscape Dynamics: The Nang Rong, Thailand, Studies--Stephen J. Walsh, Ronald R. Rindfuss, Pramote Prasartkul, Barbara Entwisle, and Aphichat Chamratrithirong (135-162)
7 The Urban Ecology of Metropolitan Phoenix: A Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Study--Charles L. Redman (163-192)
8 Economies, Societies, and Landscapes in Transition: Examples from the Pearl River Delta, China, and the Red River Delta, Vietnam--Karen C. Seto (193-216)
9 Beyond Population Size: Examining Intricate Interactions Among Population Structure, Land Use, and Environment in Wolong Nature Reserve, China--Jianguo Liu, Li An, Sandra S. Batie, Scott L. Bearer, Xiaodong Chen, Richard E. Groop, Guangming He, Zai Liang, (217-237)
10 People, Land Use, and Environment in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico--Pamela Matson, Amy L. Luers, Karen C. Seto, Rosamond L. Naylor, and Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio (238-264)
11 Patterns of Urban Land Use as Assessed by Satellite Imagery: An Application to Cairo, Egypt--John R. Weeks, Dennis P. Larson, and Debbie L. Fugate (265-286)
12 A Review of 10 Years of Work on Economic Growth and Population Change in Rural India--Andrew Foster (287-308)
Appendix About the Contributors (309-322)
Plates (323-330)