Unit 5 - Agricultural and Rural Land Use
A. Development and Diffusion of Agriculture
1. Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
2. Second Agricultural Revolution
B. Major Agricultural Production Regions
1. Agricultural systems associated with major bio-climatic zones
2. Variations within major zones and effects of markets
3. Linkages and flows among regions of food production and consumption
C. Rural Land Use and Settlement Patterns
1. Models of land use and localization of economic activities
2. Settlement patterns associated with major agriculture types
D. Modern Commercial Agriculture: The Third Agricultural Revolution
1. Green Revolution and the beginning of the biotechnologic revolution
2. Characteristics of the third revolution: blending of primary, secondary, and tertiary activities, intensification of mechanization, and development of biotechnology
3. Spatial organization of industrial agriculture
4. Diffusion of industrial agriculture
5. Future food supplies and environmental impacts of agriculture - hopes and fears
A. Development and Diffusion of Agriculture
1. Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
2. Second Agricultural Revolution
B. Major Agricultural Production Regions
1. Agricultural systems associated with major bio-climatic zones
2. Variations within major zones and effects of markets
3. Linkages and flows among regions of food production and consumption
C. Rural Land Use and Settlement Patterns
1. Models of land use and localization of economic activities
2. Settlement patterns associated with major agriculture types
D. Modern Commercial Agriculture: The Third Agricultural Revolution
1. Green Revolution and the beginning of the biotechnologic revolution
2. Characteristics of the third revolution: blending of primary, secondary, and tertiary activities, intensification of mechanization, and development of biotechnology
3. Spatial organization of industrial agriculture
4. Diffusion of industrial agriculture
5. Future food supplies and environmental impacts of agriculture - hopes and fears