Environmental Change and Food Security in China

by Jenifer Huang McBeath and Jerry McBeath

Book Overview

Abstract This chapter defines food security as the condition reached when a nation's population has access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet its dietary needs and food preferences. It stresses China's importance to global food security because of its population size. The chapter introduces the contents of the volume and then treats briefly food security in ancient and dynastic (211 bc-1912) China. It examines environmental stressors,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400732031
• ISBN13: 9789400732032
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"