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Ester Boserup’s Legacy on Sustainability

Orientations for Contemporary Research

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Overview

  • The first comprehensive scientific publication on the life and work of Ester Boserup one of the pioneers of sustainability research
  • Includes contributions from experts in a wide range of disciplines: agricultural sciences, biology, geography, history, ecology, landscape planning, physics, sociology, environmental sciences and economics
  • Presents a cross-section of contemporary sustainability research, with a special focus on the role of society-nature interrelations, agriculture and gender
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Human-Environment Interactions (HUEN, volume 4)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Ester Boserup’s Intellectual Heritage

  2. Land Use, Technology and Agriculture

  3. Population and Gender

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About this book

Arising from a scientific conference marking the 100th anniversary of her birth, this book honors the life and work of the social scientist and diplomat Ester Boserup, who blazed new trails in her interdisciplinary approach to development and sustainability.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Social Ecology Alpen Adria University, Vienna, Austria

    Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Anke Schaffartzik, Andreas Mayer

  • Dept. Geosciences & Resource Mgmt, University of Copenhagen, København K, Denmark

    Anette Reenberg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ester Boserup’s Legacy on Sustainability

  • Book Subtitle: Orientations for Contemporary Research

  • Editors: Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Anette Reenberg, Anke Schaffartzik, Andreas Mayer

  • Series Title: Human-Environment Interactions

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8678-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8677-5Published: 02 September 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8680-5Published: 22 September 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-8678-2Published: 19 August 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2214-2339

  • Series E-ISSN: 2452-1744

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 267

  • Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Gender Studies, Ecosystems, Human Geography

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