Global Change and the Challenges of Sustainably Feeding a Growing Planet

This book explores the fundamental determinants of sustainability as seen through the lens of long term changes in agricultural land use and the associated implications for environmental and food security. Each chapter builds part of the global sustainability story by focusing on one driver, or unde...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hertel, Thomas W. (Autor), Baldos, Uris Lantz C. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Environmental management.
Agriculture-Economic aspects.
Environmental monitoring.
Environmental Management.
Agricultural Economics.
Environmental Monitoring.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1) Overview of global land use, food security and the environment
  • 2) Population and income as drivers of global land use
  • 3) Productivity growth and yield response in the crop sector
  • 4) Potential for cropland area response
  • 5) Biofuels and its impact on global land use
  • 6) Climate change, land use and the environment
  • 7) Competing demands for land in the 21st century
  • 8) The global livestock industry as a driver of land use
  • 9) Food security
  • 10): Looking back to go forward: Global land use in 2050
  • References
  • Glossary
  • Appendix
  • Index.

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