rural development

Engage and delight emergent readers with the sights of the farm.

"There was once a tiny man who loved apple pie, and the apples from his orchard--tart and sweet and clear--made the perfect filling. When his orchards are crowded out by looming development, he learns how to transform his altered world so he can continue to bake the perfect apple pie"--Back cover.

In the past quarter-century, the total area of developed land in the United States increased by nearly 50 percent. Such a shift comes with substantial environmental, economic, and social impacts. Conflicts arise over regulation, with advocates concerned about the harm excessive development does to the environment and critics charging that urbanization is a natural shift in the market. The diverse perspectives in this resource strive to address the tough questions that arise from this important issue.

"In the past quarter-century, the total area of developed land in the United States increased by nearly 50 percent. Such a shift comes with substantial environmental, economic, and social impacts. Conflicts arise over regulation, with advocates concerned about the harm excessive development does to the environment and critics charging that urbanization is a natural shift in the market. The diverse perspectives in this resource strive to address the . . . questions that arise from this . . . issue"--Amazon.

Offers a comprehensive study into the problems of deforestation of the Amazon region and provides land-use alternatives and technologies that will preserve the rain forest and benefit the population as a whole.

Argues that China's Cultural Revolution fostered dramatic improvements in the social, political, and economic development of the country's rural areas.

Chronicles Eleanor Roosevelt's efforts to help improve the standard of living for the people of a stretch of coal mining land in West Virginia who lived in dire poverty by creating a new self-sufficient community called Arthurdale.