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1962 · réf. 424671 — Longmans in conjunction with Geographical Publications 1962. 1st edition. Hardcover. Library copy. Fine cloth copy in a very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 546 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Previous ed. B50-5953 1950. Summarises work & findings of the Land Utilisation Survey of Britain analyses those findings and evaluates 'the factors determining the.pattern of rural Britain'. Bibliography: p. 510-513. Contents; The history of the Land Utilisation Survey 1930-47 -- Land use in Britain 1931-38 -- The history of land use in Britain -- The distribution of permanent grass -- The distribution of arable land -- The distribution of orchards -- Market gardens and glasshouses -- Moorland heathland and rough grazing -- The distribution of forest and woodland -- The distribution of settlements -- Access and accessibility as factors in the use of land -- The surface form and underground structure of the Earth's crust and their role -- The influence of climate on land utilisation -- Soils -- Types of farming -- Farms and farm units -- Fertility productivity and classification of land -- The ecology and spatial distribution of certain cultivated plants and domestic animals -- Wartime changes in land use 1939-45 -- Some basic principles of land use planning -- Towards national planning 1941-46 -- Fourteen years of town and country planning 1947-60. Subjects; Land Utilisation Survey of Britain.Land use Great Britain. Land Great Britain. Real property Great Britain. Agriculture Great Britain. Great Britain. Longmans, in conjunction with Geographical Publications hardcover