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Cleveland

Balancing on a Planet

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-520-27742-7
Verlag: University Of California Press
Erscheinungstermin: 18.02.2014
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This book is an interdisciplinary primer on critical thinking and effective action for the future of our global agrifood system, based on an understanding of the system’s biological and sociocultural roots. Key components of the book are a thorough analysis of the assumptions underlying different perspectives on problems related to food and agriculture around the world and a discussion of alternative solutions. David Cleveland argues that combining selected aspects of small-scale traditional agriculture with modern scientific agriculture can help balance our biological need for food with its environmental impact—and continue to fulfill cultural, social, and psychological needs related to food.

Balancing on a Planet is based on Cleveland’s research and engaging teaching about food and agriculture for more than three decades. It is a tool to help students, faculty, researchers, and interested readers understand debates about the current crisis and alternatives for the future.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9780520277427
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-520-27742-7
  • Verlag: University Of California Press
  • Erscheinungstermin: 18.02.2014
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2014
  • Serie: California Studies in Food and Culture
  • Produktform: Kartoniert, Trade Paperback
  • Gewicht: 634 g
  • Seiten: 352
  • Format (B x H x T): 178 x 253 x 16 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface: A Personal History

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I

Agrifood Systems History and Future

1. Eating Stardust: Population, Food, and Agriculture on Planet Earth

2. Agricultural Revolutions

3. Thinking Critically about Sustainable Agrifood Systems

4. Sustainable Agrifood Systems: Three Emphases

PART II

Moving toward Sustainable Agrifood Systems: A Balancing Act

5. Managing Evolution: Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

6. Managing Agricultural Ecosystems: The Critical Role of Diversity

7. Managing People: The Common Property Option

8. The Big Solutions: Climate Change, Resource Cycles, and Diet

9. The Big Solutions: Localizing Agrifood Systems

Appendix 1. Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Symbols

Appendix 2. Metric Units and Metric-English Unit Conversions

Notes

References

Index