Colin Sage

Environment and Food

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides the student with an accessible yet comprehensive exploration of the ways in which the environment has shaped food production and consumption and is in turn impacted by these contemporary practices.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 688g
• ISBN-13: 9780415363112
• ISBN-10: 041536311X
• Artikelnr.: 40138689

Autorenporträt

Colin Sage is Senior Lecturer in Geography at University College Cork, Republic of Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

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