Eating, Drinking: Surviving : The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU

Eating, Drinking: Surviving The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU

This publication addresses the global challenges of food and water security in a rapidly changing and complex world. The essays highlight the links between bio-physical and socio-cultural processes, making connections between local and global scales, and focusing on the everyday practices of eating...

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Other Authors: Jackson, Peter (Editor), Jackson, Peter. editor (editor), Spiess, Walter E.L. editor, Sultana, Farhana. editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2016
Cham : 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Global Understanding ,
Subjects:
Sustainable development.
Quality of life.
Environmental management.
Agriculture.
Nutrition   .
Sustainable Development.
Quality of Life Research.
Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.
Nutrition.
nutrition
agriculture
sustainable development
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434531106719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Understanding the Complexities of Eating, Drinking, and Surviving
  • Globalization and Malnutrition: Geographical Perspectives on Its Paradoxes
  • Drinking Water
  • The Politics and Consequences of Virtual Water Export
  • Integrated Water Resources Management as a New Approach to Water Security
  • Surviving as an Unequal Community: WASH for Those on the Margins
  • Challenges to Food Security in a Changing World
  • Moral Economies of Food in the Socialist/Post-socialist World
  • The Nutrition Transition in Developing Asia: Dietary Change, Drivers and Health Impacts. Food Sovereignty and the Possibilities for an Equitable, Just and Sustainable Food System
  • Food Security and Food Waste.

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