Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- MUSIASEM AS A TOOL TO ANALYZE THE NEXUS BETWEEN FOOD, ENERGY, AND WATER SECURITY -- 1.1. MUSIASEM AND ITS UNDERLYING CONCEPTS -- 1.2. HOW THE TOOL WORKS -- 1.3. THE LINK OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FLOW TO LAND USE --...

In Crisis and Opportunity, John E. Ikerd outlines the consequences of agricultural industrialization, then details the methods that can restore economic viability, ecological soundness, and social responsibility to our agricultural system and thus ensure sustainable agriculture as the foundation...

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Graphs -- 1. Introduction to OrganicAgricultural Practices -- 1.1 FACTORS -- 1.2 THE IDEAL OF PHILOSOPHERS IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURE INPUTS -- 1.3 ORGANIC MOTIVATION -- 1.4 NECESSITY IN...

This timely new book uses historical data from 1980 and alternative scenarios through 2020 to assess China's future energy requirements and the resources available to meet them. Current trends are putting China on an unsustainable and insecure energy growth path, characterized by the use of...

'Grow first, clean up later' environmental strategies in the developing economies of East Asia pose a critical regional and global sustainability challenge in this area of continuing rapid urban-based industrial growth which is the most polluted region in the world. Using detailed case studies...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 - Confronting Consumption -- I - The Consumption Angle -- 2 - Consumption and Its Externalities: Where Economy Meets Ecology -- 3 - Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World? -- 4 - Commoditization: Consumption Efficiency and an Economy of Care...

In response to toughening environmental legislation, national and supra-national environmental product policies and growing customer demands, this book provides both analysis and case studies on why and how companies are developing new products and services to fit "triple-bottom-line" expectations.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- From recollections... -- ...to reconnections -- ...and conceptual tools -- 1 On the ambiguities of greening -- From environmental protection to cultural transformations --...

This work explores the difficulties of solving contemporary environmental problems within existing global institutions. It questions guidelines set out in recent influential policy reports, and suggests new agendas for sustainability, industrial ecology, and institutional reform. Including case...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Beloved Communities, Benighted Times -- 1. Against "Shapeless Giantism" -- 2. Megadreams and Small City Realities: Trafficking in Transportation Planning -- 3. "It Takes the Whole Region to Make the City": Agriculture on the Urban Fringe and...