Abstract
THE publication of the first of the contemplated eighty-seven county reports on the utilization of the land of Great Britain gives an idea of the scope and value of the work. The report begins with a summary of the geographical backgcoTOid, geology, Teiief, soils and climate. Then follow accounts of the distribution of woodland, arable land and grassland, which are closely correlated with physical conditions and illustrated with distributional maps. Next comes the distribution of orchards and poultry farming and lastly the distribution of settlements and population in general.
The Land of Britain:
the Report of the Land Utilisation Survey of Britain. Edited by Dr. L. Dudley Stamp. Part 78: Berkshire. By J. Stephenson, with an Historical Section by W. G. East Pp. 113. (London: London Utilisation Survey of Britain, 1936.) 2s. 6d.
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The Land of Britain. Nature 138, 227 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138227a0
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