| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 273 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Advances in agroecology |
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Advances in agroecology.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Cornelia Butler Flora -- Shifting Agroecosystems and Communities / Cornelia Butler Flora -- Altered Landscapes and Transformed Livelihoods: Banana Companies, Panama Disease, and Rural Communities on the North Coast of Honduras, 1880-1950 / John Soluri -- Community Culture and the Evolution of Hog Production: Eastern and Western Oklahoma / Chris Mayda -- Forest Conservation and Degradation in a Subsubsistence Agricultural System: Community and Forestry in Mexico / Daniel James Klooster -- Community Fruits and Vegetables for Export: The Impact on Two Mexican Ecosystems and Rural Communities / Magdalena Barros Nock -- Communities of Interest and Agro-Ecosystem Restoration: Streuobst in Europe / Felix Herzog, Anja Oetmann -- Transhumant Communities and Agroecosystems in Patagonia / Monica Bendini -- Farm--Community Entrepreneurial Partnerships in the Midwest / Cornelia Butler Flora, Gregory McIsaac, Stephen Gasteyer, Margaret Kroma -- A Learning Approach to Community Agroecosystem Management / Clive Lightfoot, Maria Fernandez, Reg Noble, Ricardo Ramirez, Annemarie Groot, Edith Fernandez-Baca, Francis Shao, Grace Muro, Simon Okelabo, Anthony Mugenyi, Isaac Bekalo, Andrew Rianga, Lynette Obare -- Bridges to Sustainability: Links between Agriculture, Community and Ecosystems / Lorna Michael Butler, Richard Carkner -- Rural Community Leadership in the Lake Benton Watershed / Wayne Monsen |
| Summary |
This title shows how human behaviour impacts agroecosystems both positively and negatively, and provides an understanding of alternative ways of working with human communities to increase agroecosystem sustainability |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Serie "Desarrollo rural." http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83701888
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"Serie ""Desarrollo rural.""" fast |
| Subject |
Agricultural ecology.
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Agricultural systems.
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Rural development.
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rural development.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Agricultural ecology
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Agricultural systems
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Rural development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Flora, Cornelia Butler, 1943-
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| ISBN |
9781420041385 |
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142004138X |
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9781439870686 |
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1439870683 |
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0849309174 |
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9780849309175 |
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