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- 020 __ |a 9780415363112 (hardback : alk. paper) : |c CNY753.00
- 020 __ |a 9780415363129 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 020 __ |a 9780203013465 (ebk.)
- 040 __ |a DLC |c DLC |d SJT |d SCT
- 050 00 |a GT2850 |b .S24 2012
- 090 __ |a R155.1/SC/ED-11
- 099 __ |a CAL 022012068754
- 245 10 |a Environment and food / |c Colin Sage.
- 260 __ |a London ; |a New York : |b Routledge, |c 2012.
- 300 __ |a xv, 320 p. : |b ill. ; |c 25 cm.
- 490 0_ |a Routledge introductions to environment series
- 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-316) and index.
- 505 0_ |a 1. Introduction: Why Environment and Food? --- 2. The Global Agri-Food System --- 3. The Ecological Basis of Primary Food Production --- 4. Global Challenges for Food Production --- 5. Final Foods: Transformation, Transportation and Waste --- 6. Food Security: Issues and Challenges --- 7. Towards A Sustainable Agri-Food System --- 8. Conclusions.
- 520 __ |a This timely book provides a thorough introduction to the inter-relationship of food and the environment. Its primary purpose is to bring to our attention the multiplicity of linkages and interconnections between what we eat and how this impacts on the earth's resources. Having a better idea of the consequences of our food choices might encourage us to develop more sustainable practices of production and consumption in the decades ahead. Although human societies have, over time, brought under control a large proportion of the earth's resources for the purpose of food production, we remain subject to the effective functioning of global ecosystem services. The author highlights the vital importance of these services and explains why we should be concerned about the depletion of freshwater resources, soil fertility decline and loss of biological diversity. The book also tackles some of the enormous challenges of our era: climate change -- to which the agri-food system is both a major contributor and a vulnerable sector -- and the prospect of significantly higher energy prices, arising from the peaking of oil and gas supplies which will reveal how dependent the food system has become upon cheap fossil fuels. Such challenges are likely to have significant implications for the long-term functioning of global supply chains and raise profound questions regarding the nutritional security of the world's population. Taken together the book argues that a re-examination of the assumptions and practices underpinning the contemporary food system is urgently required. -- Book cover.
- 650 _0 |a Food habits |x Environmental aspects.
- 650 _0 |a Food preferences |x Environmental aspects.
- 650 _0 |a Food supply |x Environmental aspects.