The land of Britain : its use and misuse / L. Dudley Stamp
1962, 1st edition. Longmans, in conjunction with Geographical Publications. Library copy. Fine cloth copy in a very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #424671
Physical description; 546 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Previous ed. (B50-5953) 1950. Summarises work & findings of the Land Utilisation Survey of Britain, analyses those findings and evaluates 'the factors determining the...pattern of rural Britain'. Bibliography: p. 510-513. Contents; The history of the Land Utilisation Survey, 1930-47 -- Land use in Britain, 1931-38 -- The history of land use in Britain -- The distribution of permanent grass -- The distribution of arable land -- The distribution of orchards -- Market gardens and glasshouses -- Moorland, heathland and rough grazing -- The distribution of forest and woodland -- The distribution of settlements -- Access and accessibility as factors in the use of land -- The surface form and underground structure of the Earth's crust and their role -- The influence of climate on land utilisation -- Soils -- Types of farming -- Farms and farm units -- Fertility, productivity and classification of land -- The ecology and spatial distribution of certain cultivated plants and domestic animals -- Wartime changes in land use, 1939-45 -- Some basic principles of land use planning -- Towards national planning, 1941-46 -- Fourteen years of town and country planning, 1947-60. Subjects; Land Utilisation Survey of Britain.
Land use Great Britain. Land Great Britain. Real property Great Britain. Agriculture Great Britain. Great Britain.
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