An Introduction to Agricultural Geography

An Introduction to Agricultural Geography
Author: David Grigg
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1134887639

Employing nearly half of the world's workforce, agriculture is clearly of great economic and social importance. An incredible variety of methods are used globally; the Western world has the latest scientific and industrial advancements at its disposal, yet in the Thrid World a living is made using tools that have hardly changed in two thousand years. An Introduction to Agricultural Geography provides an extensive guide through this diverse and increaslingly important geographical subject, aiming to show that a wide range of factors explain how agricultural practices differ from place to place. Dealing with the physical environment, economic behaviour and demands, institutional and social influences and the impact of farming upon the environment, the author has produced an important introductory text that is topical, incisive and ultimately essential to reach an understanding of the remarkable diversity of the world's major industry.

Agricultural Geography

Agricultural Geography
Author: Leslie Symons
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2019-03-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429707584

This book provides a historical summary of agricultural development and representative ways in which agricultural production is undertaken in different social, economic and physical environments. It describes concepts and methodology for understanding any area or type of farming.

Agricultural Revolution in England

Agricultural Revolution in England
Author: Mark Overton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1996-04-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521568593

This book is the first available survey of English agriculture between 1500 and 1850. It combines new evidence with recent findings from the specialist literature, to argue that the agricultural revolution took place in the century after 1750. Taking a broad view of agrarian change, the author begins with a description of sixteenth-century farming and an analysis of its regional structure. He then argues that the agricultural revolution consisted of two related transformations. The first was a transformation in output and productivity brought about by a complex set of changes in farming practice. The second was a transformation of the agrarian economy and society, including a series of related developments in marketing, landholding, field systems, property rights, enclosure and social relations. Written specifically for students, this book will be invaluable to anyone studying English economic and social history, or the history of agriculture.

Agricultural Geography of Great Britain

Agricultural Geography of Great Britain
Author: Douglas Watson Gilchrist Shirlaw
Publisher: Pergamon
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1966
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

An Agricultural Geography of Great Britain is a comprehensive account of Great Britain's agricultural geography. The relationship between agriculture and geography is highlighted, with emphasis on the points of contact between them, including soils, geology, climate, and systems of farming. The farming systems of Great Britain are described, along with the agriculture of Scotland and the border country as well as the agricultural regions of England and Wales. This book is divided into four sections and begins with an overview of the factors affecting the choice of a farming system, including e ...

Agricultural Geography

Agricultural Geography
Author: Majid Husain
Publisher:
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1994
Genre:
ISBN: 9788170418771

The Study Of The Ways In Which Patterns Of Agricultural Activity Vary From Place To Place, Involving Both The Description Of Those Patterns And The Attempt To Explain Them Is Known As Agricultural Geography.The Present Book Is An Attempt To Arrange The Important Papers Of Agricultural Geographers Which Cover The Aspects Of Nature And Scope Of Agricultural Geography; Origin Of Agriculture, Geo-Climatic And Socio-Cultural Constraints And Agriculture Patterns; Land, Labour And Capital And The Agricultural System Of The World. Subsequently, Paper Pertaining To The Models Of Agricultural Location; The Development Of Capitalism; Approaches To Soil Study; Land Use And Resource Analysis; Regional Agricultural Specialization And The Problems In Agricultural Geography Have Been Included. These Topics Shall Evoke Interest Among Agricultural Geographers And They Will Be Better Equipped To Delineate The Agricultural Regions, The Levels Of Agricultural Development, Especially In The Developing Countries Of The World. It Is Also One Of The Objectives Of This Volume To Invoke And To Give An Understanding To Agricultural Geographers About The Preparation Of Agricultural Models In Relation To Agricultural Development And Population Change.The Papers, Contributed By The Eminent Experts Of Agricultural Geography Have More Than Academic Value For The Teachers, Students And Land Use Planners Alike. The Book Is Commended For Those Who Want To Ascertain The Changing Agricultural Landscape And The Forces And Processes Which Are Bringing These Changes.

Geographies of Agriculture

Geographies of Agriculture
Author: Guy Robinson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2014-01-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317880072

Agricultural Geography has changed dramatically in recent decades, reflecting the transformation of the farming industry itself. Geographies of Agriculture embraces these changes, applying ideas and methods from contemporary social science, as it moves beyond farm-based production to address current issues affecting the production and consumption of food and fibre throughout the world. The book places special emphasis on topics that reflect globalisation processes, integration of agriculture into the wider agri-food system, concern with attaining sustainable production systems, and the importance of both government and supra-government policies. Examples are drawn from North America, Western Europe and the developing world. Geographies of Agriculture will appeal especially to Geography students, but should also be of interest to a broader range of students in Sociology, Economics and Development Studies, and anyone interested in agriculture, food production and consumption, and rural development.

The Rural

The Rural
Author: Richard Munton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 563
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351882384

The rural has long been regarded as an important site of geographical inquiry even if our understanding of it has not always been treated as conceptually different from the urban. That said, rural research has pursued a number of distinct empirical agendas ranging from the operation and impacts of agribusiness, to local resistance to global food supply chains, to differing representations of the rural. In doing so, rural geographers have critically examined the relevance and significance of ideas drawn from numerous traditions including political economy, ecological modernization and cultural theory, amending them as appropriate, in their search to understand the nature and trajectory of rural areas. Up until the 1980s, attention remained largely focused upon agriculture as the primary land-use but increasingly new forms of rural consumption - housing, recreation, nature conservation - have taken centre stage as the primacy of local agricultures has been undermined by reduced state protection and 'new' rural populations which have migrated out from the city. More recently, research has been dominated by the 'cultural turn' with particular emphases upon society-nature relations, interpretations of landscape, marginalised others, and analyses of the relations between representation and practice. In the last decade, a more holistic view of the rural, bringing together different aspects of the two previous themes, has emerged through more politically-oriented studies of rural governance concerned with the functioning of interest groups, participation, protest and the allocation and management of resources. The volume is thus structured into three sections concerned with agriculture and food, the rural, and rural governance. The great majority of the selected papers combine both empirical material - often highly informative case studies - and important conceptual arguments about change in the rural condition that can be linked to ideas being employed elsewhere in Geography and the Social Sciences more generally. These critical reflections have been drawn very largely from research conducted in advanced economies which at least provide some commonality of experience allowing the transfer of ideas between what otherwise might be seen as very differing geographical contexts.

American Geography

American Geography
Author: Sandra S. Phillips
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9781942185796

Drawing from the vast photography collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, American Geography charts a visual history of land use in the United States From the earliest photographic records of human habitation to the latest aerial and digital pictures, from almost uninhabited desert and isolated mountainous territories to suburban sprawl and densely populated cities, this compilation offers an increasingly nuanced perspective on the American landscape. Divided by region, these photographs address ways in which different histories and traditions of land use have given rise to different cultural transitions: from the Midwestern prairies and agricultural traditions of the South, to the riverine systems in the Northeast, and the environmental challenges and riches of the far West. American Geography also looks at the evidence of older habitation from the adobe dwellings and ancient cultures of the Southwest to the Midwestern mounds, many of them prehistoric. SFMOMA's last photography exhibition to consider land use, Crossing the Frontier (1996), examined only the American West. At the time, this focus offered a different way to think about landscape, and a useful way to reconsider pictures of the region. American Geography expands upon the groundwork laid by Crossing the Frontier, providing a complex, thought-provoking survey. Photographers include: Carleton E. Watkins, Barbara Bosworth, Lee Friedlander, Stephen Shore, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Mitch Epstein, An-My LĂȘ, William Eggleston, Alec Soth, Mishka Henner, Trevor Paglen, Victoria Sambunaris, Emmet Gowin, Robert Adams, Terry Evans, Dorothea Lange and Mark Ruwedel, among others.