Progress in Agricultural Geography

by Michael Pacione (Editor)

In the second half of the twentieth century, significant changes were occurring within the agricultural industry, including an increase in efficiency and government intervention, as well as expanded and more complicated patterns of trade. This comprehensive volume, first published in 1986, reflects how these developments challenged the field of agricultural geography. Considering agricultural innovations, farming systems, government policy and land ownership, this title provides an essential background to students with an interest in agricultural methods, distribution and reform.

267 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1986

About the author

Prof Paccione is chair of Geography at the University of Strathclyde.

Professor Pacione's principal research interest is in the field of Urban Geography. An applied or problem-oriented perspective informs much of his research activity.

He has published twenty-five books and more than 130 research papers in an international range of academic and professional journals. Recently published research includes analyses of the processes of urban restructuring and the reproduction of inequality in Britain's cities; local responses to globalisation; the geography of educational disadvantage; local currencies; geography and public finance; local exchange trading systems; the use of models in urban geography; geographies of religious affiliation; sustainable urban development; urban morphogenesis; and the question of relevant research and the pursuit of useful knowledge in human geography.