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The coming famine [[electronic resource] ] : the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it / / Julian Cribb



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Autore: Cribb Julian Visualizza persona
Titolo: The coming famine [[electronic resource] ] : the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it / / Julian Cribb Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
Disciplina: 363.8
Soggetto topico: Food supply
Food industry and trade
Sustainable agriculture
Climatic changes
Soggetto non controllato: agriculture
armed conflict
call to action
easy to read
economic growth
energy shortages
environmental issues
environmental problems
famine
food prices
food shortages
food system
global food crisis
global threats
international impact
land shortages
near future
nonfiction
overcoming challenges
planetary crisis
political economy
population growth
poverty
practical solutions
societal factors
technological advancements
water shortages
Classificazione: ZA 57000
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-233) and index.
Nota di contenuto: What food crisis? -- Food-- or war -- The well runs dry -- Peak land -- Nutrients : the new oil -- Troubled waters -- Losing our brains -- Eating oil -- The climate hammer -- Elephants in the kitchen -- A fair deal for farmers -- Food in the future.
Sommario/riassunto: In The Coming Famine, Julian Cribb lays out a vivid picture of impending planetary crisis--a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century--that would dwarf any in our previous experience. Cribb's comprehensive assessment describes a dangerous confluence of shortages--of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge--combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Writing in brisk, accessible prose, Cribb explains how the food system interacts with the environment and with armed conflict, poverty, and other societal factors. He shows how high food prices and regional shortages are already sending shockwaves into the international community. But, far from outlining a doomsday scenario, The Coming Famine offers a strong and positive call to action, exploring the greatest issue of our age and providing practical suggestions for addressing each of the major challenges it raises.
Titolo autorizzato: The coming famine  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-66080-2
9786612660801
0-520-94716-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910785283203321
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