Bøger af Anthony Young

World population is increasing by some 80 million a year, largely in developing countries. Can the food requirements of this growing population be met? How can the limited resources of available land be sustainably managed? Where are the worst areas of land degradation to be found? Why are soils a major element of the environment? Thin on the Ground seeks to answer these questions by reviewing the successive stages of tropical soils research: soil survey, land evaluation, land use planning, and the evolution of earlier attempts the check soil erosion into the current approach of conservation agriculture. Priorities for today should be soil health monitoring, and linking modern methods of conservation with agricultural advisory services. The author's contention that population policy should be an integral part of agricultural development will not pass unchallenged. Includes 38 photographs, many of historical importance. "An authoritative and informative overview of soil survey activities in the developing world." WOSSAC: World Soil Survey Archive and Catalogue. From reviews of the First Edition: "A well-documented, lively and informative description.....The author has a magnificent capacity to synthesize large amounts of information from different disciplines.....Gives a strong sense of excitement....A remarkable and valuable book for anyone concerned with third world development." Anthony Young has over 40 years experience of all aspects of tropical soils, extending from survey and evaluation to conservation and management. As an early member of the World Agroforestry Centre he was the first to establish the potential of agroforestry in soil management. He has published 15 books, notably the comprehensive review, Land Resources: Now and for the Future, and has been awarded doctorates by the Universities of Sheffield and East Anglia.

This book provides an authoritative review of the interactions between land resources and wider aspects of development, including economics, population, poverty and food security, and gives pertinent criticisms of current methods. It should be read by all involved in rural development, including scientists, economists, planners and students of development studies.

This book focuses on the specific mission planning for lunar sample collection, the equipment used, and the analysis and findings concerning the samples at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Texas.

Young addresses the impressive expansion across existing and developing commercial space business markets, with multiple private companies competing in the payload launch services sector.

In the midst of the Great Depression, an elite group of New Yorkers lived seemingly unaffected by the economic calamity. They were writers, playwrights, journalists, artists, composers, singers, actors, adventurers and socialites. Newspaperman Maury Paul dubbed them the Cafe Society. This book describes the emergence of Cafe Society from New York's old society families, and the rise of the new creative class.

NASA's development of the F-1 engine made landing on the moon possible. This book chronicles the history of this amazing engine, from its design and manufacture to its eventual discarding at the conclusion of the Apollo program.

This book fills a need for a complete history of the Lunar Roving Vehicle used on Apollo 15, 16 and 17, drawing on many photographs never before published. It also tells the story of the robotic rovers used on Mars, and concludes with a description of the new designs of rovers planned for The New Vision for Exploration now underway at NASA.

This practical introduction to medical management now contains new material on concerns in clinical management (eg appraisal and revalidation) the Working Time Directive and the new Consultant's Contract. It also details the functions of bodies such as the Committee for Health Improvement. A clear and useful reference book aimed at doctors in training, newly appointed clinical managers looking for guidance and those sceptical about the role of clinicians in management.