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020 _a0817999124 (alk. paper : pbk.)
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_dBUL
_beng
043 _an-us---
082 0 0 _a577.5
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_bAGR
100 _aAnderson Terry L.
245 0 0 _aAgriculture and the environment :
_bsearching for greener pastures /
_cedited by Terry L. Anderson and Bruce Yandle.
260 _aStanford, Calif. :
_bHoover Institution Press,
_cc2001.
300 _ax, 198 p. :
_bill. ;
_c28 cm.
500 _a Table of contents 1. The disappearance of agricultural land: fact of fiction? 1 2. Land trusts: A return to feudalism 25 3. Taxation, free markets, and the use of agricultural land 47 4. The political economy of land conversion on the urban fringe 65 5. Some issues surrounding land and chemical use in agriculture 81 6. Biotechnology, land-use and the environment untying the gordian knot 105 7. To breed, or not to breed? the question of endangered species and agriculture 133 8. Agriculture and water markets 169 About the authors 189 Index 193 Includes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aAgricultural ecology
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aAgriculture
_xEnvironmental aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aLand use, Rural
_zUnited States.
700 1 _aAnderson, Terry Lee,
_d1946-
700 1 _aYandle, Bruce.
942 _2ddc
_cBO
_e1st edition.
_h577.5
_iAGR
_kAGR
_mAGR