OUTGROWING THE EARTH PA

图书标准信息

• 作者 Lester R Brown 著
• 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
• 出版时间 2005-02
• ISBN 9780393327250
• 定价 192.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 239页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Historically,foodsecuritywastheresponsibilityofministriesofagriculturebuttodaythathaschanged:decisionsmadeinministriesofenergymayinsteadhavethegreatesteffectonthefoodsituation.RecentresearchreportingthataonedegreeCelsiusriseintemperaturecanreducegrainyieldsby10percentmeansthatenergypolicyisnowdirectlyaffectingcropproduction.Agricultureisawater-intensiveactivityand,whilepublicattentionhasfocusedonoildepletion,itisaquiferdepletionthatposesthemoreseriousthreat.Therearesubstitutesforoil,butnoneforwaterandthelinkbetweenourfossilfueladdiction,climatechangeandfoodsecurityisnowclear.Whilepopulationgrowthhasslowedoverthepastthreedecades,wearestilladding76millionpeopleperyear.Inaworldwherethehistoricalriseinlandproductivityhasslowedbyhalfsince1990,eradicatinghungermaydependasmuchonfamilyplannersasonfarmers.Thebottomlineisthatfuturefoodsecuritydependsnotonlyoneffortswithinagriculturebutalsoonenergypoliciesthatstabilizeclimate,aworldwideefforttoraisewaterproductivity,theevolutionofland-efficienttransportsystems,andpopulationpoliciesthatseekahumanebalancebetweenpopulationandfood.OutgrowingtheEarthadvancesourthinkingonfoodsecurityissuesthattheworldwillbewrestlingwithforyearstocome.--ThistextreferstotheHardcoveredition.