Environmental impacts of sugar production [[electronic resource] ] : the cultivation and processing of sugarcane and sugar beet / / by Oliver D. Cheesman
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| Autore: |
Cheesman Oliver
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| Titolo: |
Environmental impacts of sugar production [[electronic resource] ] : the cultivation and processing of sugarcane and sugar beet / / by Oliver D. Cheesman
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : CABI International, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 633.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sugar crops - Environmental aspects |
| Agriculture - Environmental aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preface; Foreword; 1 Background; 2 Overview; 3 Water Consumption; 4 Impacts on Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystems; 5 Impacts on Terrestrial Biodiversity; 6 Impacts on Soils; 7 Atmospheric Impacts; 8 Use and Impacts of By-products; References; Appendices; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Pressure from conservationists and increasing regulation, means that environmental considerations are increasingly important for the sugar industry. This book examines the environmental impacts of the sugar industry in relation to the cultivation of sugar crops (cane and beet) and the processing of the raw materials that they yield. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Environmental impacts of sugar production |
| ISBN: | 1-280-90837-8 |
| 9786610908370 | |
| 0-85199-053-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450759903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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