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1 online resource (385 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Editorial Committee; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; PART I FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SYSTEMS AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; Chapter 1 Food Systems and the Global Environment: An Overview; Chapter 2 The Value of a Food System Approach; Chapter 3 Lessons Learned from International Assessments; Chapter 4 Part I: Main Messages; PART II VULNERABILITY, RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION IN FOOD SYSTEMS; Chapter 5 Vulnerability and Resilience of Food Systems; Chapter 6 What is Vulnerable? |
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Chapter 7 Vulnerability to What?Chapter 8 Adapting Food Systems; Chapter 9 Part II: Main Messages; PART III ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS; Chapter 10 The Science-Policy Interface; Chapter 11 Engaging Stakeholders at the Regional Level; Chapter 12 Part III: Main Messages; PART IV A REGIONAL APPROACH; Chapter 13 Why Regions?; Chapter 14 Stakeholders' Approaches to Regional Food Security Research; Chapter 15 Undertaking Research at the Regional Level; Chapter 16 Part IV: Main Messages; PART V FOOD SYSTEMS IN A CHANGING WORLD; Chapter 17 Food, Violence and Human Rights |
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Chapter 18 Governance Beyond the State: Non-state Actors and Food SystemsChapter 19 Green Food Systems for 9 Billion; Chapter 20 Surprises and Possibilities; Chapter 21 Part V: Main Messages; Chapter 22 Reflections on the Book; Index |
| Summary |
Global environmental change (GEC) represents an immediate and unprecedented threat to the food security of hundreds of millions of people, especially those who depend on small-scale agriculture for their livelihoods. As this book shows, at the same time, agriculture and related activities also contribute to GEC by, for example, intensifying greenhouse gas emissions and altering the land surface. Responses aimed at adapting to GEC may have negative consequences for food security, just as measures taken to increase food security may exacerbate GEC. The authors show that this complex and dynamic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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CRC e-books |
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Routledge e-books |
| Subject |
Food security -- Environmental aspects
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Food supply -- Environmental aspects
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Food supply -- Environmental aspects
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Stakeholder
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Governance
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Ernährungssicherstellung
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Klimaänderung
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Voedselvoorziening.
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Milieuverandering.
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Klimaatveranderingen.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ericksen, Polly
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Liverman, Diana M.
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| LC no. |
2010027614 |
| ISBN |
9781849776615 |
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184977661X |
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9781136530890 |
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1136530894 |
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