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- Emphasises everyday practices and how they relate to the global challenge of food security
- Written by leading international experts as part of the International Year of Global Understanding
- Made accessible to a wide readership
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Global Understanding (BRIEFSGU)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
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 and drinking, essential for human survival. Written by international experts, each contribution is research-based but accessible to the general public.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Geography, University of Sheffield Department of Geography, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Peter Jackson
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Karlsruhe, Germany
Walter E.L. Spiess
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Department of Geography, Syracuse University Department of Geography, Syracuse, USA
Farhana Sultana
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Eating, Drinking: Surviving
Book Subtitle: The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU
Editors: Peter Jackson, Walter E.L. Spiess, Farhana Sultana
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Global Understanding
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42468-2
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) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-42467-5Published: 21 December 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-42468-2Published: 24 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2509-7784
Series E-ISSN: 2509-7792
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 105
Number of Illustrations: 32 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Quality of Life Research, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Agriculture, Nutrition