ISBN:
0849309174
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 273 p)
,
ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Advances in agroecology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Interactions Between Agroecosystems and Rural Communities
DDC:
306.3/49
Keywords:
Agricultural systems
;
Rural development
;
Agricultural ecology
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Contributors; Table of Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Shifting Agroecosystems and Communities; 3 Altered Landscapes and Transformed Livelihoods: Banana Companies, Panama Disease, and Rural Communities on the North Coast of Honduras, 1880-1950; 4 Community Culture and the Evolution of Hog Production: Eastern and Western Oklahoma; 5 Forest Conservation and Degradation in a Sub- Subsistence Agricultural System: Community and Forestry in Mexico; 6 Community Fruits and Vegetables for Export: The Impact on Two Mexican Ecosystems and Rural Communities
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Communities of Interest and Agroecosystem Restoration: Streuobst in Europe8 Transhumant Communities and Agroecosystems in Patagonia1; 9 Farm-Community Entrepreneurial Partnerships in the Midwest; 10 A Learning Approach to Community Agroecosystem Management; 11 Bridges to Sustainability: Links between Agriculture, Community and Ecosystems; 12 Rural Community Leadership in the Lake Benton Watershed; 13 The Winnebago Tribe's Agroforestry Project: Linking Indigenous Knowledge, Resource Management Planning, and Community Development
Description / Table of Contents:
14 Innovation in Indigenous Production Systems to Maintain Tradition115 Ethnicity, Multiple Communities, and the Promotion of Conservation: Strawberries in California; 16 Ecobelts: Reconnecting Agriculture and Communities; 17 Afterword: An Optimistic Future Scenario; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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