Overview
- Provides a panoramic view of the evolution of Spanish agriculture from 1900 to the present from biophysical and social perspective, unusual in the Sustainable Science studies and the History of Agriculture, offering a more diverse picture to the complex and multidimensional reality of agrarian production
- With a clear transdisciplinary ambition, the book applies an original and innovative theoretical and methodological tool, termed Agrarian Social Metabolism, combining Social Metabolism with an agroecological perspective
- There is no such a detailed and complete study on environmental and institutional aspects of industrialization process of agriculture worldwide. In this sense, the can be an important tool for searching agrarian sustainability and, therefore, for designing a more sustainable agriculture and food system
Part of the book series: Environmental History (ENVHIS, volume 10)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This open access book provides a panoramic view of the evolution of Spanish agriculture from 1900 to the present, offering a more diverse picture to the complex and multidimensional reality of agrarian production. With a clear transdisciplinary ambition, the book applies an original and innovative theoretical and methodological tool, termed Agrarian Social Metabolism, combining Social Metabolism with an agroecological perspective. This integrative analysis is especially interesting for environmental scientists and policy makers being the best way to design sustainable agroecosystems and public policies capable of moving us towards a more sustainable food system.
Spanish agricultural production has experienced impressive growth during the 20th century which has allowed it to ensure the supply of food to the population and even to transform some crops into important chapters in foreign trade. However, this growth has had its negative side since it was based on the injection of large amounts of external energy, on the destruction of employment and the loss of profitability of agricultural activity. But perhaps the most serious part is the strong impact of the current industrialised agriculture model on Spanish agroecosystems, exposed to the overexploitation of hydric resources, pollution of the water by nitrates and pesticides, high erosion rates and an alarming loss of biodiversity; damage which in the immediate future will end up reducing production capacity.
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Book Title: The Social Metabolism of Spanish Agriculture, 1900–2008
Book Subtitle: The Mediterranean Way Towards Industrialization
Authors: Manuel González de Molina, David Soto Fernández, Gloria Guzmán Casado, Juan Infante-Amate, Eduardo Aguilera Fernández, Jaime Vila Traver, Roberto García Ruiz
Series Title: Environmental History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20900-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-20899-8Published: 25 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-20902-5Published: 11 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-20900-1Published: 12 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2211-9019
Series E-ISSN: 2211-9027
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 281
Number of Illustrations: 102 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Environment, general, History, general, Environmental Economics, History of Economic Thought/Methodology