The coming famine [[electronic resource] ] : the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it / / Julian Cribb
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Cribb Julian
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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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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-282-66080-2 |
| 9786612660801 | |
| 0-520-94716-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785283203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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