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POPULATION PRESSURE AND LAND USE CHANGE: FROM TREE CROPS TO SAWAH IN NORTHWESTERN KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA
Author(s) -
Seavoy Ronald E.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
singapore journal of tropical geography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1467-9493
pISSN - 0129-7619
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9493.1980.tb00110.x
Subject(s) - population pressure , population , indonesian , geography , population growth , shifting cultivation , agroforestry , tree (set theory) , land use , government (linguistics) , agricultural economics , forestry , agriculture , economics , environmental science , archaeology , ecology , biology , demography , mathematics , sociology , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy
The author describes the role of population pressure in the current transition from tree crops to wet rice cultivation (sawah) in Northwestern Kalimantan, Indonesia. He contends that this change is occurring "because the senescent trees no longer produce enough commodities to exchange for rice to feed an enlarged population." The historical background is described, policies of the Indonesian government are discussed, and data are presented on the rate of population growth