Rural Land Use: Patterns and Proposals for Reform.

Autor/in	Erickson, Ronald P.
Institution	Rural Housing Alliance, Washington, DC.
Titel	Rural Land Use: Patterns and Proposals for Reform.
Quelle	(1975), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Agricultural Production; Capital; Conservation (Environment); Energy Conservation; Evaluation; Food; Futures (of Society); Global Approach; Land Use; Legislation; Planning; Policy Formation; Rural Areas; Technology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Production; Landwirtschaft; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Kapital; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Energieerhaltung; Energiespeicherung; Evaluierung; Lebensmittel; Future; Society; Zukunft; Globales Denken; Bodennutzung; Gesetzgebungslehre; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Politische Betätigung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Technologie
Abstract	In a world where the population is increasing at an annual rate of 76 million, where food is in short supply, and where agricultural production is one of our largest capital generating sources, U.S. agriculture and the land base supporting it are vital. Rural America has been losing land at a rate of one and a half million acres a year due to soil erosion; subdivision, park, and recreational developments; new and reforestation projects; and the uncontrolled and unplanned quality of the U.S. growth ethic. Premiums on high energy requirements, "Green Revolution" technologies, spin-offs of urban limitations, and aggregations of rural land and capital have also contributed to the loss of farmable lands. Important rudimentary steps which must be taken include: (1) a National Land Inventory (assessment of: land potential; present and future energy requirements; reclamation; soil classification; crop yield value; and crop impact on the labor force, energy, and environment); (2) a freeze on the use of farm land for nonfarm purposes; and (3) efforts to influence the way land is owned and used (corporate legislation; extension of the Sherman-Clayton Act to cover agriculture; modifications of the current tax structure to prevent "tax-loss" agriculture relative to environmental conservation). (JC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01