Abstract
As an example of the application of scientific assessment of a country's resources, the survey of the “Land Utilization Begions of Tasmania” by Mr. A. G. Lowndes and Mr. W. H. Maze is important (University of Sydney Publications in Geography, 1937. Price 2s. 6d.). The authors recognize seven qualities of land values, some of them with subdivisions. These were determined during the summer of 1935–36, and the resultant map may be regarded as an agricultural census of that year with indications of the areas in which further development is possible. The survey shows that climate and topography sets definite limits to possible utilization. The whole of the west and south, with a few local exceptions in the interests of mining, is mountainous and undeveloped and offers little scope for settlement ; some is deforested and has lost its topsoil. On the other hand, the north and east afford great scope for settlement, especially as regards dairying, grazing and horticulture. A number of distributional maps add to the value of the survey.
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Land Utilisation in Tasmania. Nature 141, 867 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141867d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141867d0