Naeem / Lipton / van Huysen Sustainable Food Production

An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-231-54844-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Reihe: Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers

This concise text offers an overview of the key issues in sustainable food production for all readers interested in the ecology and environmental impact of agriculture. It details the ecological foundations of farming and food systems, showing how to create sustainable alternatives to the industrial production methods used today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Naeem, Shahid

Lipton, Suzanne

van Huysen, Tiff

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften: Ernährung & Gesellschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Sustainable Development: A New Century, a New Paradigm
2. Nature and Nature’s Goods and Services
3. Sustainable Development and Food Production
4. Food, Farming, and Human Well-Being
5. Bringing It All Together: The Sustainable Future Before Us
Glossary
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Shahid Naeem is chair of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology at Columbia University and director of the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability.

Suzanne Lipton was assistant director of the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability and is now pursuing a PhD at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Tiff van Huysen has a PhD in ecosystem ecology and previously worked for the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability.