1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969386303321

Titolo

The economic value of landscapes / / edited by C. Martijn van der Heide and Wim J.M. Heijman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-12511-2

1-283-92021-2

0-203-07637-0

1-135-12512-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in ecological economics ; ; 26

Classificazione

BUS000000BUS069000BUS094000

Altri autori (Persone)

HeideC. Martijn van der

HeijmanWillem

Disciplina

333.73/15

Soggetti

Landscape design - Economic aspects

Real estate development

Value added

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Rise to the challenge : an awakening to awareness -- pt. II. Reorientations and reflections : building blocks of landscape economics -- pt. III. Worldwide applications and detailed case studies : integration of practices -- pt. IV. Outlook for landscape economics : burgeoning perspectives on recreation, agriculture and urban agglomeration.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book aims to explore the avenue of landscape economics and provides the building blocks (from different scientific disciplines) for an economic analysis of landscapes. What exactly constitutes and determines the value of a landscape? It focuses on the value of landscapes in its broadest sense, thereby covering a variety of topics including stakeholder involvement in landscape design, landscape governance and landscape perceptions from different countries. Merely saying that landscapes have value or are important is not sufficient - not when resources are scarce and have alternative uses. Measuring and quantifying the economic value of changes in landscapes would help ensure that landscape management decisions are both (economically) rational and sound"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963174803321

Titolo

The African food crisis : lessons from the Asian Green Revolution / / edited by Goran Djurfeldt ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, England ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2004

ISBN

1-280-73578-3

9786610735785

1-84593-097-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DjurfeldtGöran <1945->

Disciplina

630/.96

Soggetti

Agriculture - Asia

Green Revolution - Asia

Food supply - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""1 African Food Crisis � the Relevance of Asian Experiences""; ""2 Global Perspectives on Agricultural Development""; ""3 The State and Green Revolutions in East Asia""; ""4 The Puzzle of the Policy Shift � the Early Green Revolution in India, Indonesia and the Philippines""; ""5 Spurts in Production � Africa�s Limping Green Revolution""; ""6 The State and Agricultural Intensification in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""7 Crisis and Potential in Smallholder Food Production � Evidence from Micro Level""

""8 From Roller Coasters to Rocket Ships: the Role of Technology in African Agricultural Successes""""9 The Role of the State in the Nigerian Green Revolution""; ""10 Why the Early Promise for Rapid Increases in Maize Productivity in Kenya was not Sustained: Lessons for Sustainable Investment in Agriculture""; ""11 From Ujamaa to Structural Adjustment � Agricultural Intensification in Tanzania""; ""12 Smallholders and Structural Adjustment in Ghana""; ""13 Green Revolution and Regional Inequality: Implications of Asian Experience for Africa""; ""14 Conclusions and a Look Ahead""; ""Index""

""A""""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""Z""



Sommario/riassunto

This book is the outcome of a three-year project coordinated by a group of Swedish researchers and with collaborating scholars from Africa and Asia. It provides a comparative study between Asian agricultural development during the Green Revolution in food production and the current problematic agricultural situation in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies of eight African and eight Asian countries (focusing on the early part of the Green Revolution) were carried out. Based on these studies the book presents a causal and explanatory model of Asian green revolutions and discusses why it has occurred