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Land shortage and population in Tonga
Pacific in transition: geographical perspectives on adaptation and change • Canberra • Published In 1973 • Pages: 163-185
By: Maude, Alaric Mervyn.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is an analysis of the extent to which Tonga's rapidly growing population has affected the agricultural system. As background to the analysis, the author presents data on population density and growth, the land tenure system, and the agricultural systems. He concludes that population pressure has affected some changes in the subsistence agricultural system but has not led to major stress within that system. In contrast, he sees far more changes in agriculture occurring where population pressure is combined with commercial cropping.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Population
- Composition of population
- Internal migration
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Tillage
- Real property
- Renting and leasing
- Standard of living
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor C. Swanson; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1961
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1956-1966
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alaric Mervyn Maude
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-324)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74194525
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans