Ester Boserup’s legacy on sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : orientations for contemporary research / / edited by Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Anette Reenberg, Anke Schaffartzik, Andreas Mayer |
Autore | Fischer-Kowalski Marina |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht, : Springer Nature, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 338.927 |
Collana | Human-Environment Interactions |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development
Agriculture Sociology Ecosystems Human geography Sustainable Development Gender Studies Human Geography |
Soggetto non controllato |
Environment
Sustainable development Agriculture Sociology Ecosystems Human geography |
ISBN | 94-017-8678-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | PART I: Ester Boserup’s Intellectual Heritage -- 1. Ester Boserup: An Interdisciplinary Visionary Relevant for Sustainability -- 2. “Finding Out Is My Life”: Conversations with Ester Boserup in the 1990s -- 3. Boserup’s Theory on Technological Change as a Point of Departure for the Theory of Sociometabolic Regime Transition -- PART II Land Use, Technology and Agriculture -- 4. The Dwindling Role of Population Pressure in Land Use Change – a Case from the South West Pacific -- 5. Conceptual and Empirical Approaches to Mapping and Quantifying Land-Use Intensity -- 6. Malthusian Assumptions, Boserupian Response in Transition to Agriculture Models -- 7. Reconciling Boserup with Malthus: Agrarian Change and Soil Degradation in Olive Orchards in Spain (1750-2000) -- 8. Beyond Boserup: The Role of Working Time in Agricultural Development -- PART III: Population and Gender -- 9. Following Boserup’s Traces: From Invisibility to Informalisation of Women’s Economy to Engendering Development in Translocal Spaces -- 10. Daughters of the Hills: Gendered Agricultural Production, Modernisation, and Declining Child Sex Ratios in the Indian Central Himalayas -- 11. Revisiting Boserup’s Hypotheses in the Context of Africa -- 12. An Interpretation of Large-Scale Land Deals Using Boserup’s Theories of Agricultural Intensification, Gender and Rural Development -- 13. Labour Migration and Gendered Agricultural Asset Shifts in Southeastern Mexico: Two Stories of Farming Wives and Daughters -- 14. Working Time of Farm Women and Small-Scale Sustainable Farming in Austria -- 15. A Human Ecological Approach to Ester Boserup: Steps Towards Engendering Agriculture and Rural Development -- 16. Conclusions: Re-Evaluating Boserup in the Light of the Contributions to this Volume. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132340903321 |
Fischer-Kowalski Marina | ||
Dordrecht, : Springer Nature, 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ester Boserup’s legacy on sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : orientations for contemporary research / / edited by Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Anette Reenberg, Anke Schaffartzik, Andreas Mayer |
Autore | Fischer-Kowalski Marina |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht, : Springer Nature, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 338.927 |
Collana | Human-Environment Interactions |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development
Agriculture Sociology Ecosystems Human geography Sustainable Development Gender Studies Human Geography |
Soggetto non controllato |
Environment
Sustainable development Agriculture Sociology Ecosystems Human geography |
ISBN | 94-017-8678-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | PART I: Ester Boserup’s Intellectual Heritage -- 1. Ester Boserup: An Interdisciplinary Visionary Relevant for Sustainability -- 2. “Finding Out Is My Life”: Conversations with Ester Boserup in the 1990s -- 3. Boserup’s Theory on Technological Change as a Point of Departure for the Theory of Sociometabolic Regime Transition -- PART II Land Use, Technology and Agriculture -- 4. The Dwindling Role of Population Pressure in Land Use Change – a Case from the South West Pacific -- 5. Conceptual and Empirical Approaches to Mapping and Quantifying Land-Use Intensity -- 6. Malthusian Assumptions, Boserupian Response in Transition to Agriculture Models -- 7. Reconciling Boserup with Malthus: Agrarian Change and Soil Degradation in Olive Orchards in Spain (1750-2000) -- 8. Beyond Boserup: The Role of Working Time in Agricultural Development -- PART III: Population and Gender -- 9. Following Boserup’s Traces: From Invisibility to Informalisation of Women’s Economy to Engendering Development in Translocal Spaces -- 10. Daughters of the Hills: Gendered Agricultural Production, Modernisation, and Declining Child Sex Ratios in the Indian Central Himalayas -- 11. Revisiting Boserup’s Hypotheses in the Context of Africa -- 12. An Interpretation of Large-Scale Land Deals Using Boserup’s Theories of Agricultural Intensification, Gender and Rural Development -- 13. Labour Migration and Gendered Agricultural Asset Shifts in Southeastern Mexico: Two Stories of Farming Wives and Daughters -- 14. Working Time of Farm Women and Small-Scale Sustainable Farming in Austria -- 15. A Human Ecological Approach to Ester Boserup: Steps Towards Engendering Agriculture and Rural Development -- 16. Conclusions: Re-Evaluating Boserup in the Light of the Contributions to this Volume. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996198252103316 |
Fischer-Kowalski Marina | ||
Dordrecht, : Springer Nature, 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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