1. Farmland preservation in North America

   • Owen J. Furuseth
   • John T. Pierce

   Editorial Pages: 498 - 500

2. North American farmland protection strategies in retrospect

   • Bryant C. R.
   • Russwurm L. H.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 501 - 511

3. Evaluating the effectiveness of local government farmland protection programs

   • Mundie R. M.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 513 - 517

4. Beyond the land issue: farm viability strategies

   • Lapping M. B.
   • FitzSimons J. F.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 519 - 524

5. Agricultural land-use policies i Prairie Manitoba and the farm-size phenomenon

   • Todd D.
   • Brierley J. S.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 525 - 532

6. Is there any hope for agriculture in California's rapid growth areas?

   • Pryde P. R.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 533 - 538

7. Saving farmland, a Canadian program

   • Hoffman D. W.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 539 - 546

8. Commercial farmland preservation in Oregon

   • Pease J. R.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 547 - 553

9. Farmland protection planning in British Columbia

   • Pierce J. T.
   • Furuseth O. J.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 555 - 560

10. Absenteeism; crop cultivation and standard of living in developing countries

    • Wikan G.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 561 - 569

11. 6th world congress of engineers and architects in Israel

    Reports Pages: 570 - 571

12. Second international Islamic geography conference

    • Mushtaqur Rahman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 571 - 571

13. 10th International congress of biometeorology

    • Masatoshi M. Yoshino

    Reports Pages: 572 - 572

14. Erratum

    Erratum Pages: 572 - 572

15. Erratum

    Erratum Pages: 572 - 572

16. Atlas of Transkei —a cartographical project in a developing country

    • Mauder K.

    BriefCommunication Pages: 573 - 574

17. IGU working group “historical changes in spatial organization”

    • T. Tanioka
    • Alan R. H. Baker

    The International Geographical Union Reports Pages: 575 - 580

18. IGU commission on rural development

    • György Enyedi

    The International Geographical Union Reports Pages: 576 - 576

19. IGU working group on the geography of transport

    • James O. Wheeler

    The International Geographical Union Reports Pages: 576 - 576

20. IGU commission on industrial systems

    • E. F. Ian Hamilton

    The International Geographical Union Reports Pages: 577 - 580

21. Book reviews

    • Dieter Richter
    • Axel Borsdorf
    • W. M. Sackinger

    BookReview Pages: 581 - 588