This book provides an overview of quantitative approaches to analyse the effects of economic policy reforms on sustainable land use in less developed countries (LDCs). Its purpose is to assess recent advances in modelling approaches, to identify key issues in quantifying the relationships, and...

The multiple meanings of land and agrarian change -- Theorizing land reform and agrarian change -- Theoretical insights for land reform -- The making of land policy before 1948 -- Post-1948 land questions and territorial dominance -- Space, race, and the fall and rise of hegemonic blocs -- The...