land use

Simple text and illustrations describe the ecological issues related to land use, such as pollution and overdevelopment, and ways children can help.

During the Depression, eleven-year-old Carrie makes her annual summer visit to her relatives in the Blue Ridge Mountains and watches her determined grandfather fight against the government's attempt to take his farm land for a new national park.

In Seneca Village, a thriving neighborhood of African- Americans and recent immigrants in the middle of New York City in the 1850s, friends Kayla and Sooncy face separation when the city announces that by eminent domain it plans to take their land to build Central Park.

Examines how to preserve and protect our land from deforestation and erosion.

Describes the environmental impact of land use, showing how careless development leads to loss of agricultural lands and animal and plant species and causes deforestation, desertification, and urban sprawl.

Find out why our land is important, and how people can protect it.

Examines the make-up of the soil, different types of soil, and the interaction of plants and animals on the soil.

Simple text and photographs explore ways in which people change the land, from building houses and bridges to planting gardens.

A dictionary of terms related to the many scientific, technological, and social problems affecting the use of land.