Land utilization : theory and practice

1. Introduction
2. Factors of land use
3. Natural principles of land use
4. Approaches of land use studies
5. Techniques of land use survey and mapping
6. Logic of the formulation of models of land use
7. Land use classification
8. Role of remote sensing and Air-Photographs in land use analysis
9. Land utilization in terms of agricultural typology
10. Methods of land capability classification agriculture efficiency
11. Agricultural efficiency
12. Concepts of innovation and diffusion in agricultural land use
13. Methods of crop combination
14. Land resource measurement
15. Conservation of land resources
16. Land reforms in India
17. Agricultural regions of India and the world
18. Land use planning
19. Conclusion

This anthropology of land utilization—theory and practice, highlights the basic concepts and methods of land use studies with special reference to factors, principles, approaches of study, land use models, carrying capacity of the land, land use classification, agricultural efficiency, remote sensing and air photo interpretation, land conservation and resource measurement, land reforms, agricultural regions and land use planning after taking examples from various parts of the globe. Land utilization is a multidisciplinary subject which touches the spheres of the studies of geographers, economists, planners, policymakers, agronomists and enginee Hence, this book has an added significance of spatial analysis and developing a region for economic progress and social justice