Global Change and the Challenges of Sustainably Feeding a Growing Planet

by Uris Lantz C Baldos, Thomas W Hertel, Uris Lantz C. Baldos

Book Overview

This book explores the fundamental determinants of long term changes in agricultural land use and the associated implications for environmental and food security. The book is designed around the idea that each chapter focuses on one driver, or underlying determinant, of land use change at global scale. It starts with key factors which have been influential in the past, such as growth population, incomes and agricultural productivity, thereafter turning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331935762X
• ISBN13: 9783319357621
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"