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Page 194
... agricultural land available per cap- ita . Land is now being lost at such a rapid rate in Britain that , giv- en current trends , the last acre of agricultural land in England and Wales will have been either cemented over or transformed ...
... agricultural land available per cap- ita . Land is now being lost at such a rapid rate in Britain that , giv- en current trends , the last acre of agricultural land in England and Wales will have been either cemented over or transformed ...
Page 195
... cultivated area dropped back below its 1939 level . The net loss of land referred to in the Second Land Utilisation Survey is thus the result of the industrialization since 1960. In effect , the real rate at which farmland is being lost ...
... cultivated area dropped back below its 1939 level . The net loss of land referred to in the Second Land Utilisation Survey is thus the result of the industrialization since 1960. In effect , the real rate at which farmland is being lost ...
Page 196
... land is lost in such areas due to farmers " reclassifying " their holdings in order to get them approved as ... agricultural land as possible for feeding people . Cole- man asserts that if government and local councils had not been ...
... land is lost in such areas due to farmers " reclassifying " their holdings in order to get them approved as ... agricultural land as possible for feeding people . Cole- man asserts that if government and local councils had not been ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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