Geographia Polonica (1977) vol. 35

Yakov G. Mashbits, Institute of Geography. Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Moscow. USSR

Bronisław Czyż, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00‑818 Warszawa, Poland

Galina V. Sdasyuk, Institute of Geography- USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Georgy N. Utkin, Institute of Geography USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Maciej Jakubowski, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00‑818 Warszawa, Poland

Abstract

The subject mater of this paper has been confined to the problems of large cities of the Third World, the main trend discussed being a rapid flow of pop-ulation from small towns and rural areas into the cities, together with the increase in the so-called urban transitional areas.

Zuzanna Siemek, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00‑818 Warszawa, Poland

Abstract

The development of new High Yielding Varieties of foodgrains by Professor Borlaug and his team as well as their implementation in numerous agricultural areas of the Third World countries has generated the process, commonly known as the Green Revolution.The author of the present paper attempts to find the answer to the following questions:

• to what degree the Green Revolution is a process of development of traditional agriculture and
• what changes in spatial organization occur after its implementation.

The discussion presented pertains mainly to Indian agriculture. For a pro-per evaluation of the Green Revolution, it is indispensable to introduce a gen-eral concept of traditional agriculture as well as to determine basic trends of spatial development. These problems will be presented in Parts I and II.

Wiesław Rozłucki, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00‑818 Warszawa, Poland

Abstract

The intention of this article is to analyze the development of agricultural systems in the Andean region, with particular consideration of the subsistence agriculture sector. This analysis is based on examples supplied by Bolivia, Ecu-ador and Peru, which since 1969 have been intensively revising their traditional agrarian structures.

Andrzej M. Żeromski, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00‑818 Warszawa, Poland

Maksymilian Skotnicki, Institute of Geography Warsaw University