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Food-Climate Interactions

Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Berlin (West), December 9–12, 1980

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. Wilfrid Bach

    1. Center for Applied Climatology and Environmental Studies, University of Münster, Germany

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  2. Jürgen Pankrath

    1. Federal Environmental Agency, Berlin, Germany

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  3. Stephen H. Schneider

    1. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA

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Table of contents (22 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. Overview

    1. Interactions of Food and Climate: Issues and Policy Considerations

      • Stephen H. Schneider, Wilfrid Bach
      Pages 1-19

    2. Dimensions of the World Food and Climate Problem

      • Lloyd E. Slater
      Pages 21-46

  3. World Food Demand and Supply — Present and Future

    1. World Food Needs and Prospects

      • John A. Pino, Ralph W. Cummings Jr., Gary H. Toenniessen
      Pages 47-68

    2. Population Growth, Nutrition and Food Supply

      • Georg Borgstrom
      Pages 69-79

    3. Seawater-Based Agriculture as a Food Production Defense Against Climate Variability

      • C. N. Hodges, M. R. Fontes, E. P. Glenn, S. Katzen, L. B. Colvin
      Pages 81-99

    4. Agricultural Development Prospects until the Year 2000

      • Heinrich von Loesch
      Pages 101-116

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 117-120
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  5. Climatic Variability and Food Production

    1. Climate Variability and Crop Yield in High and Low Temperate Regions

      • James D. McQuigg
      Pages 121-137

    2. Climatic Variability and Crop Yields in the Semi-Arid Tropics

      • L. D. Swindale, S. M. Virmani, M. V. K. Sivakumar
      Pages 139-166

    3. Climatic Variability and Sustainability of Crop Yield in the Moist Tropics

      • Charles F. Cooper
      Pages 167-186

    4. Climate and Aquatic Food Production

      • John E. Bardach, Regina Miranda Santerre
      Pages 187-233

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 235-238
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  7. Vulnerability of Food Supplies

    1. Water Resources and Food Supply

      • Gunnar Lindh
      Pages 239-260

    2. Soil Management and the Food Supply

      • E. G. Hallsworth
      Pages 261-284

    3. Interrelations between Pests and Climatic Factors

      • F. Klingauf
      Pages 285-301

    4. Food, Energy, and Climate Change

      • David Pimentel
      Pages 303-323

    5. Towards a Conservation Strategy to Retain World Food and Biosphere Options

      • Gerrit P. Hekstra
      Pages 325-359

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 361-365
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Applied Climatology and Environmental Studies, University of Münster, Germany

    Wilfrid Bach

  • Federal Environmental Agency, Berlin, Germany

    Jürgen Pankrath

  • National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA

    Stephen H. Schneider

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Food-Climate Interactions

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Berlin (West), December 9–12, 1980

  • Editors: Wilfrid Bach, Jürgen Pankrath, Stephen H. Schneider

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8563-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1981

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1353-7Due: 30 November 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1354-4Published: 30 November 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-8563-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXII, 504

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences

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