Sustainable Agroecosystem Management: Integrating Ecology, Economics, and Society - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1420052144 ISBN 13 : 9781420052145

Editeur : CRC Press Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Emphasizes Centrality of the Ecosystem Perspective

Sustainable management of agroecosystems in the 21^st century faces unprecedented challenges. Protecting the environment while feeding a burgeoning population that could reach nine billion by mid-century, preserving the world’s biodiversity, and sustaining agriculture in an increasingly urban world is a massive undertaking.

Avoiding simple prescriptions for the application of ecological principles to agriculture, Sustainable Agroecosystem Management: Integrating Ecology, Economics, and Society emphasizes the continued centrality of the ecosystem perspective, and the need to integrate ecological, economic, and social considerations in agroecosystem science and management.

Truly Interdisciplinary in Scope

With contributions from distinguished leaders in the field of sustainable agriculture, this authoritative book first delineates the present and future challenges agroecosystems face. It then reviews the important contributions made by Dr. Ben Stinner, a pioneer in the field of agroecosystem ecology. Providing historical background of attempts to connect the ecological and agricultural sciences, this standard-setting resource highlights recent efforts to integrate natural and social science perspectives. It also examines the challenges for developing integrated approaches to agroecosystem management.

Through a variety of case studies with global applications, the text makes it abundantly clear that purely technological approaches are insufficient for solving the food systems problems of the future. It explores practical innovative strategies, policies, and research needs necessary to develop management approaches that emphasize whole system productivity, diversify agricultural operations, and sustain multiple functions, including ecological integrity.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Patrick J. Bohlen , Gar House

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This book examines the challenges involved in developing integrated approaches to the management of agricultural ecosystems. Providing historical background of attempts to bridge the ecological and agricultural sciences, this book highlights recent efforts to integrate natural and social science perspectives. Through various case studies with global applications, the text explores practical innovative strategies, policies, and research needs for emphasizing whole system productivity, diversification of agricultural operations, and management of agricultural systems that sustain multiple functions including ecological integrity.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1420052144
• ISBN 13: 9781420052145
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 301
• Éditeur: Bohlen Patrick J., House Gar
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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