Recent collapses in parts of Mauritania, Chad, Sudan, Somalia and Kenya, to name a few, are taken by neo-Malthusians to have their roots in overpopulating marginal land, compounded by political failure.Yet such events also serve as reminders of how much can change.
This species had no innate fear of human beings, and their flightlessness and awkwardness on land compounded their vulnerability.
While superficially this is Israel's effort to quell missile attacks from out of Gaza, the root issue is a sprawling divergence of ideology and perceived entitlement to land, compounded by a long, sad history.
Including nearly an acre of land, the compound contains the 1949 main house, a two-bedroom guesthouse, a tennis court and a swimming pool.
Uncertainty over the future of the land was compounded just eight days after the mining lease was granted, when the chief executive of Rex Minerals, Mark Parry, resigned and the company announced an extended feasibility study.
Legal systems that did not honor communal land right compounded the loss of traditional agricultures and the cultures that supported the people on the land.
The desire to escape sardine conditions in these superblocks, where greenery often consists of sickly shrubs gasping between six-lane roads, has in turn multiplied the number of land-devouring compounds like Rancho Santa Fe.
Aside from the "Bob Hope slept here" factor, the price is, in part, justified because of the 5.15 acres of land that the compound sits on; it's a rare bit of tranquility in the shadow of urban development that includes close proximity to Universal Studios.
Her parents have no income but rely on a small piece of land behind their compound.
A rocket-propelled grenade landed inside the compound, destroying part of it.
The building was shaking with the explosions and shrapnel was landing in the compound.
