I. Agricultural Geography as a Science

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Translator’s Introduction 5
3. Foreword 7
4. Contents 9
5. Abbreviations 15
6. Glossary 17
7. Introduction: Origins and Evolution of Agriculture – A Three-Stage Theory 27
8. I. Agricultural Geography as a Science 30
9. II. The Climatic Zones of World Agricultural Space and their Significant Features for the Agricultural Economy 33
10. III. The Delimitation of World Agricultural Space 45
11. IV. Farms as Building Stones of the Agricultural Region 87
12. V. The Principal Farming Systems of World Agriculture 113
13. VI. The Agricultural Geography of the Humid Tropics 127
14. VII. The Agricultural Geography of the Dry Areas 160
15. VIII. The Agricultural Geography of the Middle Latitudes 196
16. IX. Structural Changes in World Agricultural Space with Economic Growth 271
17. Outlook: The Agricultural Evolution Theory of Friedrich Aereboe in the Light of this Agricultural Geography 299
18. Bibliography 303
19. Figures 323
20. Index 326