Agricultural and Rural Land Use

The Basics

  1. Development and diffusion of agriculture
  2. Major agricultural production regions
  3. Rural land use and settlement patterns
  4. Issues in contemporary commercial agriculture

Geographers to Know

Boserup- Boserup Hypothesis

Lester Brown- Rural Land Use

Judith Carney- Cultural changes, notably gender, as agriculture does

Walter Christaller- Central Place Theory

Johann von Thunen-Agriculture Theory (concentric models)

Powerpoints

Agriculture PPT New.ppt

Documents