LEADER 03617nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910459333303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-58464-2 010 $a9786612584640 010 $a0-226-03908-0 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226039084 035 $a(CKB)2670000000019431 035 $a(EBL)534570 035 $a(OCoLC)635292177 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412320 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12104508 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412320 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10365978 035 $a(PQKB)10876799 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC534570 035 $a(DE-B1597)535532 035 $a(OCoLC)1119032140 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226039084 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL534570 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10389557 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL258464 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000019431 100 $a20090528d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe atlas of world hunger$b[electronic resource] /$fThomas J. Bassett and Alex Winter-Nelson 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-03907-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Locating hunger -- pt. 2. The sources of hunger. 330 $aEarlier this year, President Obama declared one of his top priorities to be "making sure that people are able to get enough to eat." The United States spends about five billion dollars on food aid and related programs each year, but still, both domestically and internationally, millions of people are hungry. In 2006, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations counted 850 million hungry people worldwide, but as food prices soared, an additional 100 million or more who were vulnerable succumbed to food insecurity. If hunger were simply a matter of food production, no one would go without. There is more than enough food produced annually to provide every living person with a healthy diet, yet so many suffer from food shortages, unsafe water, and malnutrition every year. That's because hunger is a complex political, economic, and ecological phenomenon. The interplay of these forces produces a geography of hunger that Thomas J. Bassett and Alex Winter-Nelson illuminate in this empowering book. The Atlas of World Hunger uses a conceptual framework informed by geography and agricultural economics to present a hunger index that combines food availability, household access, and nutritional outcomes into a single tool-one that delivers a fuller understanding of the scope of global hunger, its underlying mechanisms, and the ways in which the goals for ending hunger can be achieved. The first depiction of the geography of hunger worldwide, the Atlas will be an important resource for teachers, students, and anyone else interested in understanding the geography and causes of hunger. This knowledge, the authors argue, is a critical first step toward eliminating unnecessary suffering in a world of plenty. 606 $aFood supply$vMaps 606 $aAtlases 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFood supply 615 0$aAtlases. 676 $a363.8022/3 700 $aBassett$b Thomas J$0303723 701 $aWinter-Nelson$b Alex E$0985916 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459333303321 996 $aThe atlas of world hunger$92253469 997 $aUNINA