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Farming, Development and Space
A World Agricultural Geography
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Table of contents
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Introduction: Origins and Evolution of Agriculture – A Three-Stage Theory
- I. Agricultural Geography as a Science
- 1. Definitions
- 2. Objectives and Significance of Agricultural Geography
- 3. Work Methods of Agricultural Geography
- II. The Climatic Zones of World Agricultural Space and their Significant Features for the Agricultural Economy
- 1. Tropical Rainy Climates
- 2. Dry Climates
- 3. Humid Warm-Temperate Climates
- 4. Humid Cool-Temperate Climates
- III. The Delimitation of World Agricultural Space
- 1. The Expansion of World Agricultural Space as a Current Problem
- 2. Ecological Boundaries of Farming
- 3. Economic Boundaries of Farming
- 4. Boundary Shifts with Economic Growth
- 5. Contraction of World Agricultural Space as a Future Prospect
- 6. Summary
- IV. Farms as Building Stones of the Agricultural Region
- 1. Reasons for Diversified Farm Production
- 2. Reasons for Spatial Differentiation of Farms
- 3. Reasons for Temporal Changes in Farms
- V. The Principal Farming Systems of World Agriculture
- 1. Grassland (Grazing) Systems
- 2. Annual-Cropping Systems
- 3. Perennial-Cropping Systems
- VI. The Agricultural Geography of the Humid Tropics
- 1. Regions of Rainfed Farming
- 2. Regions of Irrigation Farming
- 3. Regions with Predominantly Bush and Tree Crops
- VII. The Agricultural Geography of the Dry Areas
- 1. Regions of Extensive Grassland Farming
- 2. Regions of Dryland Crop Farming
- 3. Regions of Combined Extensive Grassland Farming and Dryland Crop Farming
- 4. The Macrospatial Structure of a Dry Area: The Example of Australia
- VIII. The Agricultural Geography of the Middle Latitudes
- 1. The Agricultural Geography of Western Europe
- 2. The Agricultural Geography of North America
- 3. The Agricultural Geography of the East Bloc Countries
- IX. Structural Changes in World Agricultural Space with Economic Growth
- 1. Forces for Development
- 2. Changes in the Factor Combination
- 3. Diversification and Specialization of the Production Program
- 4. Changes in Farming Systems in Selected Climatic Zones
- Outlook: The Agricultural Evolution Theory of Friedrich Aereboe in the Light of this Agricultural Geography
- Bibliography
- Figures
- Index