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Book/Printed Material Eating, Drinking: Surviving : The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU

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Title

  • Eating, Drinking: Surviving : The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU

Summary

  • This publication addresses the global challenges of food and water security in a rapidly changing and complex world. The essays highlight the links between bio-physical and socio-cultural processes, making connections between local and global scales, and focusing on the everyday practices of eating and drinking, essential for human survival. Written by international experts, each contribution is research-based but accessible to the general public.

Names

  • Jackson, Peter. editor.
  • Spiess, Walter E.L. editor.
  • Sultana, Farhana. editor.

Created / Published

  • Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Contents

  • Introduction: Understanding the Complexities of Eating, Drinking, and Surviving -- Globalization and Malnutrition: Geographical Perspectives on Its Paradoxes -- Drinking Water -- The Politics and Consequences of Virtual Water Export -- Integrated Water Resources Management as a New Approach to Water Security -- Surviving as an Unequal Community: WASH for Those on the Margins -- Challenges to Food Security in a Changing World -- Moral Economies of Food in the Socialist/Post-socialist World -- The Nutrition Transition in Developing Asia: Dietary Change, Drivers and Health Impacts. Food Sovereignty and the Possibilities for an Equitable, Just and Sustainable Food System -- Food Security and Food Waste.

Headings

  • -  Agriculture
  • -  Environmental management
  • -  Nutrition
  • -  Quality of life
  • -  Sustainable development
  • -  Sustainable Development
  • -  Quality of Life Research
  • -  Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management

Notes

  • -  Description based on publisher-supplied MARC data.
  • -  Earth and Environmental Science (R0) (SpringerNature-43711)
  • -  Earth and Environmental Science (SpringerNature-11646)

Medium

  • 1 online resource (XI, 105 pages 32 illustrations in color.)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019747897

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  • Unrestricted online access.

Online Format

  • image
  • epub

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Chicago citation style:

Jackson, Peter. Editor, Walter E.L. Editor Spiess, and Farhana. Editor Sultana. Eating, Drinking: Surviving: The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU. Cham: Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Springer, 2016. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019747897/.

APA citation style:

Jackson, P. E., Spiess, W. E. L. E. & Sultana, F. E. (2016) Eating, Drinking: Surviving: The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU. Cham: Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Springer. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019747897/.

MLA citation style:

Jackson, Peter. Editor, Walter E.L. Editor Spiess, and Farhana. Editor Sultana. Eating, Drinking: Surviving: The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU. Cham: Springer International Publishing: Imprint: Springer, 2016. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019747897/>.