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  • Food Security in Australia

    Challenges and Prospects for the Future

    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book considers the ability and capacity of the food supply system in Australia to provide food security for the ever-increasing domestic and international population in the face of growing challenges in production, resource supply and failures within the food system itself. Although Australia is a net food exporting country, domestic food insecurity exists and will increase as food prices ... Leer más

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  • Australia's Role in Feeding the World

    The Future of Australian Agriculture

    Edición de Blagrove, Hundloe, Ditton ...
    Earth's human population currently exceeds 7 billion, and by the year 2050 our planet will have at least two billion more mouths to feed. When faced with providing food for so many people, the idea is often advanced that Australia will become the 'food bowl' of Asia. Australia currently grows enough food to feed about three times its population and agricultural exports are important to our economy ... Leer más

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  • Food Roofs of Rio de Janeiro

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    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    One important change in the Brazilian policies is the Pacification. In recent years the government has invested in creating safer and more livable favelas. This generally starts with creating a UPP, a police post at a central location, from where the safety is maintained. Once this has been established the PAC, the government organisation for accelerating urban development in the favelas, starts ... Leer más

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  • Paradise Plundered

    Fiscal Crisis and Governance Failures in San Diego

    The early 21st century has not been kind to California's reputation for good government. But the Golden State's governance flaws reflect worrisome national trends with origins in the 1970s and 1980s. Growing voter distrust with government, a demand for services but not taxes to pay for them, a sharp decline in enlightened leadership and effective civic watchdogs, and dysfunctional political ... Leer más

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  • Global Cities

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    de Greg Clark ...
    Series series The Short Histories
    Why have some cities become great global urban centers, and what cities will be future leaders?From Athens and Rome in ancient times to New York and Singapore today, a handful of cities have stood out as centers of global economic, military, or political power. In the twenty-first century, the number of truly global cities is greater than ever before, reflecting the globalization of both economic ... Leer más

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  • Chiral Environmental Pollutants

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  • Rainwater-Smart Agriculture in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas

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    This book introduces state-of-the-art approaches, methods and research, focusing on smart management of rainwater. In addition, it provides an overview of projects from across the world, illustrating how rainwater-smart management has been implemented in drylands. Focusing on the scientific perspective it demonstrates how rural dryland agriculture can be improved. It also documents the wealth of ... Leer más

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  • Farming on the Fringe

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  • Landscape Interfaces

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    This book has been initiated by the workshop on Cultural heritage in changing landscapes, held during the IALE (International Association for Landscape Ecology) European Conference that started in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 200 1 and continued across the Baltic to Tartu, Estonia, in JUly. The papers presented at the workshop have been supported by invited contributions that address a wider range ... Leer más

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  • Sustainable Development of Multifunctional Landscapes

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    New demands on landscapes and natural resources call for multifunctional approaches to land development. Tools are required to identify the effects of land management on landscape sustainability and to support the decision-making process on the multipurpose utilisation of landscape resources. Scientists from across Europe installed the "Landscape Tomorrow" network to be prepared for new challenges ... Leer más

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  • Climate Change, Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods in Developing Countries

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