Agricultural science Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd Biological Control
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to bring together a comprehensive account of global activities in biological control, providing a global overview of biological control programs and bringing together information from introduction biological control, conservation biological control, and augmentative biological control (including commercial use). Arthropod and pathogen natural enemies are treated, as well as challenges to discovering and developing new agents, modern approaches to assessing new agents for introduction/commercial production, socioeconomic aspects of biological control, successes by region and future prospects. This book provides a record of the types of organisms and main strategies used in biological control, key challenges confronting biological control in the 21st century, the main socioeconomic challenges that need to be addressed, biological control efforts around the globe and highlights important successes and failures, suggestions to move biological control forwar
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Creating Resilient Landscapes in an Era of
Book SynopsisThis book delivers a realistic and feasible framework for creating resilient landscapes in an era of anthropogenic climate change.From across six continents, this book presents fifteen case studies of differing sociocultural, economic, and biophysical backgrounds that showcase opportunities and limitations for creating resilient landscapes throughout the world. The potential to create socio-ecological resilience is examined across a wide range of landscapes, including agricultural, island, forest, coastal, and urban landscapes, across sixteen countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Samoa, South Africa, the United States, Turkey, Uruguay, and Vanuatu. Chapters discuss current and future issues around creating a sustainable food system, conserving biodiversity, and climate change adaptation and resilience, with green infrastructure, nature-based architecture, green-tech, and ecosystem services as just a few of the appTable of Contents1. Landscape Resilience in the Face of Climate Change: A Call to Transition from Despair to Hope 2. Multifunctional Land Consolidations in Denmark: Rethinking the Pattern of Landownership to Create Resilient Future Landscapes 3. Resilient Food Production – Resilient Landscapes: The Role of Heterogeneity and Scale 4. Re-Developing Relationships with Landscapes for Food, Water, and Energy Self-Sufficiency in Southeastern South Dakota, USA 5. A Social Perennial Vision for the North American Great Plains Rooted in the Resilience of a Natural System-Inspired Agriculture 6. Resilient Food Systems in the Context of Intersectional Discrimination: Successful Strategies of Women and Indigenous Peoples in Mesoamerica 7. Improved Grazing Management for Resilience and Ecosystem Services: The Case of Beef Production Systems on the Campos Grasslands of South America 8. How Does Gardening Reduce Vulnerability for the Urban Poor in Small Island Developing States? A Case Study of Port Vila, Vanuatu 9. The Case of the Khayelitsha Wetlands Park, South Africa: Securing Biodiversity and Social Benefits from Urban Greenspace 10. Green Infrastructure in Hornsby NSW: A Collaborative Method Toward Landscape Resilience 11. Satoyama Landscapes: Creating Resilient Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes in Japan 12. Shifting Concepts of Urban Landscape in Helsinki: From Primary Forests to High Tech Nature-Based Solutions 13. Traditional Nature-Based Architecture and Landscape Design: Lessons from Samoa and Wider Oceania 14. Estimation of Spatiotemporal Variation in Potential Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of Aydın, Turkey 15. Scenario Based Thinking to Negotiate Coastal Squeeze of Ecosystems: Green, Blue, Grey and Hybrid Infrastructures for Climate Adaptation and Resilience 16. Utilization of Forest Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation in a Mediterranean Ecosystem: A Case Study of Greece 17. Creating Resilient Landscapes: From a Hopeful Vision to a Long-Lasting Existence
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Net Zero Food and Farming
Book SynopsisThis book examines the implications of the net zero transition for food and farming in the UK and how these can be managed to avoid catastrophic climate change in the crucial decades ahead. For the UK to meet its international obligations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, nothing short of a revolution is required in our use of land, our farming practices and our diet. Taking a historical approach, the book examines the evolution of agriculture and the food system in the UK over the last century and discusses the implications of tackling climate change for food, farming and land use, setting the UK situation in an international context. The chapters analyse the key challenges for this transition, including dietary change and food waste, afforestation and energy crops, and low-emission farming practices. This historical perspective helps develop an understanding of how our food, farming and land use system has evolved to be the way that it is, and draws lessons for how theTrade Review"A fascinating and insightful book. It is sympathetic and informative on how the food system got where it is today, and is pragmatic, accessible and detailed on the future outlook. Essential reading for anyone interested in how we can reach net zero through the current food system." Sarah Bridle, Author of Food and Climate Change: Without the Hot AirNeil Ward has written a timely and compelling book about the challenges of net zero for the agri-food system. The book integrates social science research with the science of climate change, drawing on perspectives from the political economy of food and farming, science and technology studies, and research on sustainability transitions. This synthesising approach is essential if we are to rise to the challenge of climate change.Professor Kevin Morgan, author of Worlds of Food: Place, Power and Provenance in the Food Chain"In this rich account of the food system and the challenge of delivering net zero, Neil Ward draws together social science and climate science while also providing sharp historical analysis. Clear and compelling, Ward makes a powerful case for applying historical lessons to implement urgent change in the contemporary agri-food sector. Indeed, while the scientific evidence amassed by Ward shows revolution must happen, the history he details proves, if the right forces align, it can. This is an essential read for anyone interested in food, the environment, agriculture and agricultural history."Polly Russell, Food historian, The British Library"In this book, Neil Ward discusses the potential and challenges of achieving a net zero agri-food system in the UK. He examines the problem through the lens of science, technology and politics, skilfully and effortlessly weaving together the evidence from the scientific literature with his deep knowledge of UK policy and politics. In addition to opportunities for emission reduction and for creating carbon sinks, he also discusses the role of demand-side measures, such as dietary change and reduction of food waste, in a net zero future. This comprehensive assessment of what is possible in the UK is a must read for anyone interested in how we produce our food and what we need to do to effectively tackle climate change."Pete Smith FRS, Director of the Scottish Climate Change Centre of ExpertiseTable of Contents1. Food, Farming and Climate Change 2. Science, Technology and Politics: The Conceptual Approach 3. Food and Farming in Twentieth Century Britain: Productivism and its Aftermath 4. Cleaning and Greening Food and Farming 5. The Evolution of Climate Science and Climate Politics 6. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Food, Farming and Land Use 7. Diet, Food and Waste 8. Land Use Change and Greenhouse Gas Removal 9. Farming Practice and Climate Change Mitigation 10. The Dynamics of Transitioning to Net Zero 11. Conclusions: Net Zero, Food and Farming
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Blue Economy
Book SynopsisThis book presents state-of-the-art perspectives on the Blue Economy. It applies important geographical and sustainability transitions perspectives and underscores how Blue Economy dynamics are situated in regional contexts and shaped by the people who live there. The book highlights the Blue Economy concept as a potential driver of regionally sensitive, ecologically embedded, and community-focused sustainability. The scope for Blue Economy to form a core cog in our low-carbon future is obvious, from the potential for renewable energy production and coastal resilience building to possibilities for sustainable food production and the delivery of economic opportunities for peripheral communities. However, fundamental questions remain on how to meaningfully deliver these promises, such as how to avoid embedding a model of damaging extractivism, as per the terrestrial economy, and how to deliver on the key social sustainability principles of human well-being, equity, and justice when planning and developing blue economies. As the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development opens, this book provides a timely reminder of the richness, diversity, and potential of coastal and marine spaces. It advances geographical and transdisciplinary understandings of the Blue Economy and sets a baseline for continued scholarly engagement with the Blue Economy from a variety of perspectives. This timely contribution will be of interest to policy makers, academics, industry leaders, decision makers, and stakeholders working in or connected to the Blue Economy Sphere and working in the fields of Economic Geography, Regional Development, Public Policy and Planning, Environmental Studies, and Coastal Zone Management.Table of ContentsList Of FiguresList Of TablesList Of ContributorsForeword: Michelle VoyerEditors Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION Blue Economy: People and Regions in Transitions PART 1): BE People - A Blue Economy for who? A Blue Economy for who? Linking marine social sciences with blue economy discourse Effective Stakeholder Engagement in Coastal Transitions: Floating away from the DAD model toward the MOM method Community acceptance of Blue Energy: Future research trajectories for understanding place-technology fit preferences Conflicts and Communities: Marine Aquaculture and the Blue Economy Of fragile communities and big dreams: the Finnafjordur harbour project in Northeast Iceland PART 2) BE Regions - Blue Economies in Place The Blue Economy and Its Geographies: The Case of Turkey Experimentation and enactive research: Building a knowledge infrastructure for marine social science The Blue Economy, Climate, Tourism, and Social Injustice in Barbuda Conceptualizing entangled Blue Economy and Marine Spatial Planning: Netting Blue Growth and Sustainable Seas in the UK Blue Economy Agenda for the Baltic Sea Region PART 3) BE Futures – Blue Economies in Transition Deciding port futures: Ports of Auckland, Marine Spatial Planning and contested ethics in Blue Economy plan making Blue Economy Policies in the European Union: The Case of French Maritime Clusters. The Evolution of Blue Carbon: Exploring the Burgeoning Role of Macroalgae in Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Strengthening industry and academic links through transdisciplinary action research: An introspective reflection of a collaborative water quality, biodiversity, and aquaculture initiative CONCLUSION Situating Just Transitions: Sustainability, Innovation, and Inclusion in the Blue Economy?
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal
Book SynopsisMedicinal and aromatic plants are beneficial to human health. Plant-derived molecules possess biological activities that can be used to prevent many infectious diseases and metabolic disorders. Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants summarizes techniques and methods used to study the biological activities of plant-derived extracts and compounds to study ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological features of medicinal and aromatic plants.This book: Includes computational approaches to study the pharmacological properties of biomolecules in medicinal and aromatic plants. Details methods in ethnopharmacology including chromatographical and analytical techniques. Demonstrates trends in sustainable use and management of medicinal and aromatic plants. Features information on databases and tools used in computational phytochemistry for drug designing and discovery. Elucidates the importance of phytocTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Diversity, Biogeographic Distribution and Conservation Status. Chapter 2: Botanical Bases of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Chapter 3: Trends in Sustainable Use and Management of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Utilization and Development. Chapter 4: Threatened and Endangered Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Chapter 5: Ethnobotany, Ethnopharmacology, and Traditional Uses of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Chapter 6: Wild Edible Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Ancient Traditions. Chapter 7: Ethnopharmacology and Ethnopharmacognosy: Current Perspectives and Future Prospects. Chapter 8: Phytochemistry and Biosynthesis of Phytochemicals. Chapter 9: Phytochemicals as Immunomodulators, Nutraceuticals, and Pharma Food. Chapter 10: Phytochemotaxonomy: Role of Phytochemicals in Plant Classification: Chapter 11: Biological Roles and Mechanism of Phytochemicals in Disease Prevention and Treatment. Chapter 12: Metabolomics of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Chapter 13: Methods in Ethnopharmacology: Phytochemical Extraction, Isolation, and Detection Techniques. Chapter 14: Chromatographic Techniques in Phytochemistry and Analytical Techniques in Elemental Profiling. Chapter 15: NMR-based Metabolomics and Hyphenated NMR Techniques. Chapter 16 Animal Models in Phytopharmacology and Toxicological Testing of Plant Products. Chapter 17: Computational Phytochemistry in Drug Discovery: Databases and Tools. Chapter 18: Nanoformulations and Herbal Drug Development. Chapter 19: Novel Phytochemicals Targeting the Signaling Pathways of Anticancer Stem Cell: A Novel Approach Against Cancer. Chapter 20: Evolving Challenges and Opportunities in Plant-based Drug Discovery and Development. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Vegan Evolution
Book SynopsisArguing for a vegan economy, this book explains how we can and should alter our eating habits away from meat and dairy through sociocultural evolution.Using the latest research and ideas about the cultural ecology of food, this book makes the case that through biological and, especially, cultural evolution, the human diet can gravitate away from farmed meat and dairy products. The thrust of the writing demonstrates that because humans are a cultural species, and since we are evolving more culturally than biologically, it stands to reason for health and environmental reasons that we develop a vegan economy. The book shows that for many good reasons we don't need a diet of meat and dairy and a call is made to legislative leaders, policy makers, and educators to shift away from animal farming and inform people about the advantages of a vegan culture. The bottom line is that we have to start thinking collectively about smarter ways of growing and processing plant foods, not farmiTrade Review"The Vegan Evolution makes a spirited case for abandoning the waste and risks associated with consuming animals and their products. Author Gregory F. Tague shows how insight can be gained through a new way of understanding human evolution – gene culture coevolution. The meat-eating behavior of many members of our species isn’t the result of the evolution of our genes. It’s due to evolution of our cultures. Tague then explains how populations might culturally evolve adaptive strategies that will make our descendants fit for the environments we will be part of." Lesley Newson, Research Associate, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, and co-author with Peter J. Richerson of A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution (2021). "What type of tomorrow do we want? asks Gregory F. Tague in The Vegan Evolution, a well-documented, carefully researched book that challenges our thinking—more importantly—our behaviors. I was fascinated by the wide-encompassing, holistic perspective Tague presents to the reader: while veganism is the core, he explores the multiple and complex connections of our food choices with our spirituality, what makes us human, and how we want to live on this earth. The Vegan Evolution is a book that helps us notice our contradictions and see alternatives for being who we really want to be." Isabel Rimanoczy, author of The Sustainability Mindset Principles (2021), Convener PRME Working Group on the Sustainability Mindset."The Vegan Evolution: Transforming Diets and Agriculture is must read. Delving deeply into the biological and cultural evolutionary history of our species, Gregory F. Tague makes a compelling case for a rapid, collective move to vegan diets. He shows that widespread adoption of such would be both healthful for us and salvation for our planetary ecosphere." David Steele, Executive Director, EarthSave Canada."The moral imperative of The Vegan Evolution supplants an assumed need to consume animals that itself rests on a vaguely evolutionary imperative that Tague wants to demolish. I admire his pluck, his interest in aggregating the range of sources he uses, and for practicing evolution without a license (so to speak). A pretty compelling look at how we think about what we eat."Thomas Hertweck, University of Massachusetts, USA. Table of ContentsOverview Preface Introduction: Eating Animals Is Bad for Health and the Environment 1. Preliminaries and Objections 2. Biological Theory 3. Great Apes and Other Primates 4. Early Humans 5. Modern Humans and Cultural Theory Conclusion and Summary: Crossing Over to Adopt a Vegan Culture
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Food Policy and Practice in Early Childhood
Book SynopsisThis book is about food and feeding in early childhood education and care, offering an exploration of the intersection of children's food, education, family intervention, and public health policies.The notion of good' food for children is often communicated as a matter of common sense by policymakers and public health authorities; yet the social, material, and practical aspects of feeding children are far from straightforward. Drawing on a detailed ethnographic study conducted in a London nursery and children's centre, this book provides a close examination of the practices of childcare practitioners, children, and parents, asking how the universalism of policy and bureaucracy fits with the particularism of feeding and eating in the early years. Looking at the unintended consequences that emerged in the field, such as contradictory public health messaging and arbitrary policy interventions, the book reveals the harmful assumptions about disadvantaged groups that are perpetuatTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1. Rethinking responsibility? The state in children’s everyday livesChapter 3. The food industry and its contradictionsChapter 4. Feeding children in a childcare settingChapter 5. Children’s eating practices in childcareChapter 6. Food and parenting in the mixed economy of welfareChapter 7. Mothers and foodworkConclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Recognising and Responding to Animal Emotion in a
Book SynopsisHow is it that depending on the setting, the same cat can be perceived as a homeless annoyance, a potential research subject or a thinking and feeling family member? The answer is bound up in our perception of non-human animals' capacity to experience emotions, and this book draws on contemporary evidence-based research, observations, interviews and anecdotal case scenarios to explore the growing knowledge base around animal emotion. Acknowledging that animals can experience feelings directly affects the way that they are perceived and treated in many settings, and the author explores the implications when humans apply or ignore this knowledge selectively between species and within species. This information is presented within the unique context of a proposed hierarchy of perceived non-human animals'' emotional abilities (often based on human interpretation of the animal's emotional capacity), with examples of how this manifests at an emotional, spiritual and moral level. ITable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1—The need for orderChapter 2—Zoological Emotional ScaleChapter 3—Consciousness, sentience and emotionChapter 4—Family love or instinct?Chapter 5—Anthropomorphism or emotion?Chapter 6—Grief and stressChapter 7—Awareness of deathChapter 8—Spirituality and experiential consciousnessChapter 9—Spirituality and cultureChapter 10—Animal morality and moral standingChapter 11—Moral standing and animal welfareChapter 12—Moral standing and human needsChapter 13—Companion animals and emotionChapter 14—Conclusion: The need to listen
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Transdisciplinary Marine Research
Book SynopsisDrawing on the expertise of marine researchers from both the natural and social sciences, this book examines how we, as both scientists and societies, can return to a sustainable co-existence with the ocean and use the tools of transdisciplinarity to bring together the diverse forms of knowledge needed to achieve this important task.The marine sciences play a vital role in producing and providing the knowledge needed for a transition towards ocean sustainability. With a multitude of actors involved in using, exploiting, and safeguarding the seas, however, this task cannot be solved by science alone. Transdisciplinary research is needed, bringing together scientists and all other actors of society to jointly co-produce the knowledge and innovations that we so urgently need. In this context, this book examines and answers key questions at the forefront of transdisciplinary marine research: How can we provide approaches that integrate marine biodiversity and social systems in anTable of ContentsPart 1: THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES 1. The Multifaceted Picture of Transdisciplinarity in Marine Research 2. Empty Oceans – Humanizing Ocean and Seascapes for Building Transdisciplinary Knowledge and Practice 3. Co-Production of Knowledge as Production of Space: How We All Give Meaning to the Sea 4. Transformation Through Participation: Democratising the Human-Ocean Relationship Part 2: METHODS AND PERSPECTIVES 5. Using Bayesian Belief Networks and Participatory Action Research to Improve Stakeholder Engagement 6. Assessing the ‘Professionalisation’ of Marine Citizen Science 7. The Power and Precarity of Knowledge Co-Production: A Case Study of Skkijânginnaniattut Nunatsiavut Sivunitsangit (The Sustainable Nunatsiavut Futures Project). 8. Stakeholders’ Normative Notions of Sustainability. A Survey for the Co-design of a Sustainable Future of the Western Baltic Fishery System Part 3: INSIGHTS FROM THE CASE STUDIES 9. Small-scale fishers’ knowledge for ocean sustainability: an ethnography in Setúbal, Portugal 10. Characterization and vulnerabilities of fisheries within a coastal lagoon in Uruguay: a participatory approach 11. Dialogue of knowledge for the assessment of the impacts of the oil spill disaster on the Brazilian coast in 2019 12. The Marine Reserve of fishing interest at Cape Roche (Conil, Spain): Transdisciplinarity and academic challenges of a conflictive process Part 4: WAYS FORWARD FOR TRANSDISCIPLINARY OCEAN SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT 13. Aiming for the next level of transdisciplinary marine research Part 5: CLOSING REMARKS 14. Towards a new culture of reflexive and diverse marine transdisciplinarity
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Oceanography and Marine Biology
Book SynopsisOceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in marine science. The increasing interest in work in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues, especially global climate change and its impacts, creates a demand for authoritative refereed reviews summarising and synthesising the results of both historical and recent research. For more than 50 years, OMBAR has been an essential reference for researchers, students and workers in all fields of marine science. An international Editorial Board ensures global relevance and expert peer review, with editors from Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland, Singapore, and the UK. The series of volumes can be found in the libraries of institutes and universities worldwide.Five of the seven peer-reviewed contributions in Volume 61 are available to read Open Access via this webpage and on OAPEN. Supplementary material is provided online on the Support Materials tabTable of Contents1. One hundred years of daily sea surface temperature from the Hopkins marine station in Pacific Grove, Califonia: a review of the history, acquisition and significance of the record (OPEN ACCESS). 2. Surviving the Anthropocene: the resilience of marine organisms to climate change (OPEN ACCESS). 3. The biology and life cycle of enigmatic crustacean y-larvae: a review. 4. Review of the Central and South Atlantic shelf and deep-sea benthos: science, policy and management (OPEN ACCESS). 5. The North-east Atlantic Margin: a review of the geology, geography, oceanography, and vulnerable megabenthic ecosystems of the continental slope of Ireland and the United Kingdom (OPEN ACCESS). 6. Advancing and integrating Biomonitoring 2.0 with new molecular tools for marine biodiversity and ecosystem assessments (OPEN ACCESS). 7. If you can’t beat them, join them: enemy shells as refugia from grazing & competition pressure.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Forestland Investment
Book SynopsisForestland investment has surged in the past few decades as a result of land ownership change in the forestry industry. Timberland investment and management organizations and real estate investment trusts have bought up land and resources that were divested by vertically integrated forest products companies. This book provides a seminal coverage of this seismic shift in the industry, exploring the philosophy, driving factors, valuation, theory, research, implementation, practice, and effects of forestland investment. Across 15 chapters the book reviews the history of forestland investment; discusses the optimal forest rotation; explains timberland appraisal; examines the return drivers of forestland; analyzes timberland index construction methods and results; prices timberland assets; reviews financial and real options; investigates real option values in forestland management; evaluates timber harvest contracts; examines new opportunities in the emerging woody bioenergy market; and Table of Contents1. Introduction to Forestland Investment 2. Optimal Forest Rotation 3. Timberland Appraisals 4. Return Drivers of Timberland Investment 5. Property and Income Tax of Timberland 6. Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models 7. Timberland Index Construction Methods and Result 8. Financial Analysis of Timberland 9. Financial and Real Options 10. Managerial Options in Timberland Investment 11. Valuing Timber Harvest Contracts 12. Benefit and Cost Analysis of Forest Carbon 13. Emerging Woody Biomass Markets 14. Case Study: Weyerhaeuser & Plum Creek Merger 15. Concluding Remarks
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Vertical Farm
Amid economic uncertainties, fluctuating oil prices, and a rising environmental consciousness, the need for sustainable and efficient food production is urgent. The Vertical Farm: Scientific Advances and Technological Developments systematically navigates the realm of vertical farming (VF), rooted in a robust, scientific foundation. Unveiling the intricate convergence of plant biology, environmental science, and agronomy, it provides a profound understanding of contemporary agriculture. The book spans lighting systems and climate control mechanisms focusing on sustainability. From small urban initiatives to significant commercial endeavors, real-world case studies showcase VF''s adaptability, scalability, and resilience. Addressing multiple challenges, the book explores economic considerations and public perceptions, recognizing their role in fostering meaningful advancements in agricultural innovation.A volume in the Nextgen Agriculture series, this book
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Taylor & Francis Ltd RealTime Environmental Monitoring
Book SynopsisWritten 10 years after the publication of the first edition, this updated edition of Real-Time Environmental Monitoring: Sensors and Systems introduces the fundamentals of environmental monitoring based on electronic sensors, instruments, systems, and software that allow continuous and long-term ecological and environmental data collection. It accomplishes two objectives: explains how to use sensors for building more complex instruments, systems, and databases, and introduces a variety of sensors and systems employed to measure environmental variables in air, water, soils, vegetation canopies, and wildlife observation and tracking. This second edition is thoroughly updated in every aspect of technology and data, and each theoretical chapter is taught parallel with a hands-on application lab manual. Emphasizes real-time monitoring as an emerging area for environmental assessment and compliance and covers the fundamentals on how to develop sensors and systems Table of Contents1. Principles of Environmental Monitoring 2. Programming and Single-Board Computers 3. Sensors and Transducers: Basic Circuits 4. Bridge Circuits and Signal Conditioning 5. Dataloggers and Sensor Networks 6. Wireless Technologies: Telemetry and Wireless Sensor Networks 7. Environmental Monitoring and Electric Power 8. Remote Monitoring of the Environment 9. Probability, Statistics, and Machine Learning 10. Databases and Geographic Information Systems 11. Atmospheric Monitoring 12. Water Monitoring 13. Terrestrial Ecosystems Monitoring 14. Wildlife Monitoring
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Taylor & Francis Farmscape
Book SynopsisFarmscape: The Design of Productive Landscapes situates agriculture as a design practice, using a wide range of international case studies and analytical essays to propose lessons for contemporary landscape architects who are interested in integrating agriculture into their designs. Agricultural processes, technologies, and cycles have long shaped landscape architectural projects, from the ornamented farm of the eighteenth century, to contemporary projects that integrate agriculture and ecological restoration. The book describes the history of agriculture within landscape architecture and reveals the diversity of current design practices that use the rhythms and forms of agriculture to create productive farms that are also sites of beauty, community, ecological conservation, remediation, and pleasure. Highly illustrated in full colour, this book provides essential context, resources, and best practice examples of rural and periurban designed sites for professionals and studTable of ContentsCultivating the field; Case studies; Woburn Farm; Middleton Place; Montpelier; Moraine Farm; Merchiston Farm; Welwyn Garden City; Ziebigk Siedlung; Nærum Allotment Gardens; Village Homes; Winslow Farms Conservancy; Shenyang Architectural University; Green Gulch Farm Zen Center; Babylonstoren; Overlook Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm; Composition, meaning, and practice: a framework for designing agriculture; Operationalizing the farmscape; Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ecological Processes Handbook
Book SynopsisEcology is a cross-disciplinary field involving many different aspects of science. Written with this in mind, this book introduces ecological processes, ranging from physical processes, to chemical processes and biological processes. It contains all the necessary information on an ecological process: a clear, detailed but not too lengthy definition; some practical examples, the main mathematical models which have been used to describe the process, and the key interconnections with other ecological processes that must be known in order to apply what has been learned from the book. Trade Review"... presents an overview of the multi-faceted reality of ecosystems. However, far from being a simple collection of particular aspects of the environment, the book presents a comprehensive vision of ecosystems based on thermodynamics, viewed as a unifying principle which every evolutionary system must obey."––Stefano Marsili Libelli, Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence, Italy"… the authors take the reader on a comprehensive journey through the key processes that help one understand ecology—particularly for the application of environmental management. … The authors bring many years of expertise and experience to this topic, which is evident in the broad, synthetic treatment of the material. This Handbook would be a valuable resource …" —Brian D. Fath, Towson UniversityTable of ContentsPART I – INTRODUCTION. The ecosystem as an object for research. Conservation principles. Energy dissipation. A perspective from information and systems theory. Ecological Processes: An Overview. PART II – PHYSICAL PROCESSES. Space and time. Mass transport. Energetic factors. PART III – CHEMICAL PROCESSES. Chemical reactions. Chemical lysis. Phase partition. PART IV – BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES. Biogeochemical cycles. Photosynthesis. Growth. Primary production. Production of upper trophic levels. Microbial processes. Ecotoxicological Processes. Biological Interactions. PART V – LANDSCAPE PROCESSES. Aquatic ecosystems. Terrestrial Ecosystems. Landscapes and Urban Ecosystems. The Atmosphere. REFERENCES. THE AUTHORS.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Miscanthus for Bioenergy Production Crop
Book SynopsisMiscanthus has been enthusiastically promoted as a second generation biomass crop, and this book provides a comprehensive review of this knowledge. Miscanthus, also known as elephant grass, is a high yielding grass crop that grows over three metres tall, resembles bamboo and produces a crop every year without the need for replanting or fertiliser application . The rapid growth, low mineral content, and high biomass yield of Miscanthus increasingly make it a favourite choice as a biofuel, outperforming switchgrass and other alternatives. There is over 20 years of research evidence to support its promotion as a second generation biomass crop. The author reviews many field measurements of yields as well as the physiology of the crop, and why it is so productive while at the same time requiring low inputs to grow it. It also shows how as a key biofuel crop it can contribute to mitigating climate change and how uptake of the adoption of MiscanthTrade Review"The book Miscanthus for Bioenergy Production provides an accessible succinct summary of a large body of research over three decades that started in the late 80s in Denmark and Germany. Mike Jones, one of the scientists involved in the conception of several key EU projects in the 1990s, is a global authority on C4 photosynthesis in perennial grasses. He was part of the delegation in the early 2000s that helped kick-start the large public and private programmes in the US. The chapters in the book progress from the global needs for biomass, the basic biology of Miscanthus and its productive potential and environmental sustainability. Recent developments in breeding and commercial deployment are reviewed with the latest literature and draw also on his personal interactions with those in the global community performing experiments at the different scales to develop the technology pipelines. In the preface he wrote, ‘as scientists we are increasingly encouraged to engage productively with people that make policy’. The final chapter discusses the complex policy choices needed to ensure the markets are developed and concludes with future prospects for making a significant biomass contribution to greenhouse gas mitigation in a time when urgent action on climate change is imperative to avert disaster."John Clifton-Brown, Professor, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University Table of Contents1. Bioenergy and its Global Potential 2. Identifying High Yielding Biomass Crops 3. Controls of Miscanthus Productivity 4. Environmental Sustainability of Miscanthus 5. Breeding to Improve Miscanthus 6. Commercial Uses of Miscanthus Biomass 7. Policies and Markets: the Future for Miscanthus
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Agriculture and Rural Development in a
Book SynopsisRapid structural transformation and urbanization are transforming agriculture and food production in rural areas across the world. This textbook provides a comprehensive review and assessment of the multi-faceted nature of agriculture and rural development, particularly in the developing world, where the greatest challenges occur. It is designed around five thematic parts: Agricultural Intensification and Technical Change; Political Economy of Agricultural Policies; Community and Rural Institutions; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health; and Future Relevance of International Institutions. Each chapter presents a detailed but accessible review of the literature on the specific topic and discusses the frontiers in research and institutional changes needed as societies adapt to the transformation processes. All authors are eminent scholars with international reputations, who have been actively engaged in the contemporary debates around agricultural developTrade Review"How do agriculture and rural development practices need to adapt to meet the needs of a world experiencing rapid globalisation and urbanisation? Such a broad but timely question demands in-depth and wide-ranging analysis, and this volume in Earthscan's Food and Agriculture series provides just that." - Spore (the newsletter of CTA), number 185Table of Contents1. Introduction Prabhu Pingali and Gershon Feder Part 1: Agricultural Intensification and Technical Change 2. Modern Agricultural Technology Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Four-Country Analysis Gershon Feder and Sara Savastano 3. Revisiting the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship: New Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Countries Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo and Sara Savastano 4. From Land Grabs to Land Development: The Past and Potential of Private Investment in Frontier Agriculture Derek Byerlee, William A. Masters, and Daniel S. Robinson 5. Staples Production: Efficient "Subsistence" Smallholders Are Key to Poverty Reduction, Development, and Trade Michael Lipton Part 2: Political Economy of Agricultural Policies 6. Transforming African Economies and the Evolving Structure of African Agriculture Johann Kirsten and Frikkie Liebenberg 7. Origins and Some Empirical Tests of Theories of Agricultural Evolution John Murray McIntire 8. Toward More Evidence-based Decision-making in the Land Sector: Can It Help to Close Implementation Gaps? Klaus Deininger 9. Food Price Changes, Domestic Price Insulation, and Poverty (When All Policymakers Want to Be Above Average) Kym Anderson, William J. Martin, and Maros Ivanic 10. Institutional Constraints and Options for Expanding the Biotechnology Revolution in Developing Countries Greg Traxler Part 3: Community and Rural Institutions 11. Beyond Hype: Another Look at Index-based Agricultural Insurance Peter Hazell and Ulrich Hess 12. Beyond Water Markets: Second-best Water Allocation Policy? Mark W. Rosegrant, Man Li, and Wenchao Xu 13. Reflections on Community-Driven Development Jacomina de Regt Part 4: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health 14. Agricultural Change and Health and Nutrition in Emerging Economies Joachim von Braun 15. Understanding the Multidimensional Nature of the Malnutrition Problem in India Prabhu Pingali and Tanvi Rao Part 5: Future Relevance of International Institutions 16. Structural Transformation and the Transition from Concessional Assistance to Commercial Flows: The Past and Possible Future Contributions of the World Bank Uma Lele, Sambuddha Goswami, and Gianluigi Nico 17. The Relevance of the CGIAR in a Modernizing World: Or Has It Been Reformed ad infinitum into Dysfunctionality? Alex F. McCalla
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Indian Agriculture after the Green Revolution
Book SynopsisFrom a country plagued with chronic food shortage, the Green Revolution turned India into a food-grain self-sufficient nation within the decade of 1968-1978. By contrast, the decade of 1995-2005 witnessed a spate in suicides among farmers in many parts of the country. These tragic incidents were symptomatic of the severe stress and strain that the agriculture sector had meanwhile accumulated. The book recounts how the high achievements of the Green Revolution had overgrown to a state of this agrarian crisis'. In the process, it also brings to fore the underlying resilience and innovativeness in the sector which enabled it not just to survive through the crisis but to evolve and revive out of it. The need of the hour is to create an environment that will enable the sector to acquire the robustness to contend with the challenges of lifting levels of farm income and coping with Climate Change. To this end, a multi-pronged intervention strategy has been suggested. Reviving public investTable of Contents1 Introduction (Binoy Goswami)2 Indian Agriculture after Green Revolution: An Overview (Kirtti Ranjan Paltasingh, Phanindra Goyari and Kiril Tochkov)3 Rental Markets of Agricultural Land: Changing Context and Need for Tenancy Reforms (Binoy Goswami)4 Emerging Factor Markets in Indian Agriculture: Water and Rental of Capital Goods (Anup Kumar Das and Jitu Tamuli)5 Implications of Credit-insurance Interlinked Contracts: An Evaluation of Crop Insurance Schemes in India (Pravat Kumar Kuri and Arindam Laha)6 Transition of Agricultural Marketing in India (Rajib Sutradhar)7 Irrigation in India: The Post-Green Revolution Experience, Challenges and Strategies (Mrinal Kanti Dutta)8 Technology Adoption in Indian Agriculture and Its Determinants: An Inter-State Analysis (Bibhunandini Das and Amarendra Das)9 Trade Liberalisation and Indian Agriculture (Smitha Francis, Anirban Dasgupta and Murali Kallummal)10 Indian Agriculture Through the Turn of the Century: Gathering Stress and Farmers’ Distress (Madhurjya Prasad Bezbaruah and Mofidul Hassan)11 Shift of Rural Work Force from Farm to Non-Farm Employment: Some Determinants (Upasak Das and Udayan Rathore)12 Environmental Consequences of Green Revolution in India (Surya Bhushan)13 Climate Change and Indian Agriculture: Impacts on Crop Yield (Raju Mandal and Hiranya K. Nath)14 The Way Forward (Madhurjya Prasad Bezbaruah)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sugarcane Bioenergy for Sustainable Development
Book SynopsisIn recent years, there has been a rapid expansion of the growing of crops for use in bioenergy production rather than for food. This has been particularly the case for sugarcane in Latin America and Africa. This book examines the further potential in the context of the food versus fuel debate, and as a strategy for sustainable development.Detailed case studies of two countries, Colombia and Mozambique, are presented. These address the key issues such as the balance between food security and energy security, rural and land development policies, and feasibility and production models for expanding bioenergy. The authors then assess these issues in the context of broader sustainable development strategies, including implications for economics, employment generation, and the environment. The book will be of great interest to researchers and professionals in energy and agricultural development.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Production of sugarcane bioenergy in Latin America and Africa PART I Bioenergy overview: the context 1. The future of fuel ethanol 2. Bioenergy in the world: present status and future 3. Is there really a food versus fuel dilemma? 4. Integrating pasture intensification and bioenergy crop expansion 5. The role of the sugarcane bioeconomy in supporting energy access and rural development 6. Is the sugarcane capital goods sector prepared to respond to large-scale bioenergy supply in developing countries? 7. Energy medium and long-term perspectives: are we moving towards an "all-electric model"? 8. Comparative assessment of non-ethanol biofuel production from sugarcane lignocelluloses in Africa, including synfuels, butanol and jet fuels 9. 2G 2.0 10. Medium- and long-term prospects for bioenergy trade Part II Why bioenergy? 11. Why promote sugarcane bioenergy production and use in Latin America, the Caribbean and Southern Africa? 12. The potential of bioenergy from sugarcane in Latin America, the Caribbean and Southern Africa 13. Reconciling food security, environmental preservation and biofuel production: lessons from Brazil 14. Energy security and energy Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa 15. Sustainable bioenergy production in Mozambique as a vector for economic development 16. Integrated analysis of bioenergy systems: the path from initial prospects to feasibility and acceptability Part III Availability of land and sugarcane potential production 17. Initial considerations to estimate sugarcane potential in Mozambique and Columbia 18. Sustainability aspects: restrictions and potential production 19. Case study: Potential of sugarcane production for Mozambique 20. Case study: potential of sugarcane production for Colombia 21. Final Comments Part IV Impacts and feasibility of sugarcane production 22. Sugarcane production model and sustainability indicators 23. Sugarcane and energy poverty alleviation 24. Why modern bioenergy and not traditional production and use can benefit developing countries? 25. Sugarcane bioenergy production systems: technical, socioeconomic and environmental assessment 26. Sustainability of scale in sugarcane bioenergy production 27. Vinasse, a new effluent from sugarcane ethanol production 28. Final Remarks on Production Model Alternatives Part V Assessing the LACAf Project findings 28. Final remarks on production model alternatives 29. Alcohol and LACAf project in Colombia 30. Sugarcane ethanol in Guatemala 31. Methodology of assessment and mitigation of risks facing bioenergy investments in sub-Saharan Africa 32. Can sugarcane bring about a bioenergy transformation in sub-Saharan Africa? 33. Sugar Cane Bioenergy, an asset for Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa? 34. Closing remarks
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Soil Basics Management and Rhizosphere
Book SynopsisIncrease in global population, drastic changes in the environment, soil degradation and decrease in quality and quantity of agricultural productivity warranted us to adapt sustainable farming practices. This book focuses on soil health management and creating biased rhizosphere that can effectively augment the needs of sustainable agriculture.Trade Review"This book is well designed with six broad areas explaining the approach for sustainable agriculture which include soil basics, soil management, plant nutrients and biological protection, soil organisms, soil–water–plant relationships and rhizosphere engineering. In the recent past, it has been observed that drastic global agricultural transformations have taken place in the farming systems due to modern cultivation practices and nutrient management. The book also mentions the methods and practices of sustainable agriculture, suggesting their benefits and importance. This book should be in every library and will prove useful to soil scientists, agronomists, environmental scientists, biochemists and those involved in natural resource management."— K. P. Voswanatha, Current Science, Vol 118, 2020Table of ContentsSoil BasicsIntroduction to Sustainable AgricultureSoil Formation and ClassificationPhysical Properties of SoilChemical Properties of SoilIntroduction to Soil Water SystemSoil management for sustainable agricultureHealthy Soils for Sustainable AgricultureSoil Erosion and its ConservationSoil Pollution: causes, effects, and preventive measuresSoil Testing for Better Nutrient ManagementSoil Preparation and TillageComposting for Sustainable AgricultureOrganic Farming and Precision Agriculture for Sustainable FarmingPlant Nutrients and BiopesticidesPlant Mineral NutrientsChemical Fertilizers and FertigationOrganic FertilizersBio-fertilizers for Integrated Nutrient ManagementBiopesticides for Integrated Pest ManagementSoil Organisms in Sustainable AgricultureSoil Biology Management for Sustainable Soil HealthSoil, Water, and Plant RelationsPlant Forms and FunctionsPlant Growth and DevelopmentMechanism of Mineral Nutrient Uptake in PlantsWater Absorption and Transport in PlantsAbiotic Stress: Plant response to moisture and salt stressesRhizosphere Engineering for Sustainable AgricultureRhizosphere Structure and Rhizodeposition.Rhizosphere Interactions: Network of plants, microbes and soilRhizosphere Engineering: Enhancing sustainable plant ecosystemBioremediation: A promising rhizosphere technology
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Handbook of Plant Disease Identification and
Book SynopsisHandbook of Plant Disease Identification and Management presents the fundamentals of plant diseases identification based on symptomology and management focusing mainly on integrated pest management approach. It discusses a variety of techniques for the diagnosis of crop disease, losses due to crop diseases, and theories behind disease management. It describes how society is constraining the possibilities for management of crop diseases by changing the environment; biologically controlling crop diseases; and the epidemiologic and genetic concepts of managing host genes.This book discusses managing diseases through diverse chemical, biological, and physical methods. It highlights climatic factors affecting crops by creating favorable condition for most of the diseases. This book serves as a complete guide for growers, researchers, and graduate students to understand basics of plant disease identification. It explains the disease cycle for respective crops with favorable conditiTable of ContentsStrawberry. Tomato. Citrus. Apple. Banana. Pepper. Potato. Onion. Chili. Cucurbits. Ginger. Maize. Grape. Sugarcane. Guava.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Rethinking African Agriculture
Book SynopsisRethinking African Agriculture argues that rural communities in Africa are still shaped by non-agrarian factors both in livelihood strategy and social formation.This volume renews and deepens the research on the African peasantry by offering a fresh perspective drawn from the hitherto largely unknown Japanese research on the subject. The ethnographic fieldwork focuses not only on the micro environment of the producers but also the broader historical context in which they live and work. The contributors argue that, in comparison with other regions of the world, Africa has never passed through an agrarian revolution that would effectively change the mode of production from within. Modernization efforts from the outside have fallen far short of the ambition to transform agriculture in Africa. Rural Africa is still largely a natural society characterized by non-agrarian features as evident in people's livelihood, social organization, and farming systems. This bookTable of Contents1. Peasant Agriculture in Africa: Science meets History 2. Missing out on the Agrarian Revolution: African Peasantry in Historical Perspective 3. Economy of Affection in Africa: The Informal Basis of Development 4. Farming Practices among African Hunter-Gatherers: Diversifying without Loss of the Past 5. Shifting Cultivators as Generalist Managers: The Threat of ‘Saving the Rain Forest’ 6. Unique Features of African Agro-pastoralism: Adapting Life and Sharing Wealth in Fluid Environment 7. Food Sharing among Commercial Rice Growers: Persistence of the Subsistence Ethic in Kenya 8. Longstanding Imprints of Natural Society: Towards a New Science of Agriculture in Africa 9. Making Innovations Socially Inclusive: Lessons from the Bemba in Zambia 10. General Conclusions: Implications for Research and Policy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Spirit of the Soil
In this second edition of The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics, Paul B. Thompson reviews four worldviews that shape competing visions for agriculture. Productionists have sought increasing yieldsto make two seeds grow where only one grew beforewhile traditional visions of good farming have stressed stewardship. These traditional visions have been challenged by two more worldviews: a call for a total cost accounting for farming and an advocacy for a holistic perspective. Thompson argues that an environmentally defensible systems approach must draw upon all four worldviews, recognizing their flaws and synthesizing their strengths in a new vision of sustainable agriculture. This classic 1995 study has been thoroughly revised and significantly expanded in its second edition with up-to-date examples of agriculture's impact on the environment. These include extensive discussions of new pesticides and the effects of animal agriculture on climate and other are
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Agricultural Valuations
Book SynopsisAgricultural Valuations: A Practical Guide has long been the standard text for students and professionals working on agricultural valuations. Taking a practical approach, it covers all the relevant techniques and legislation necessary to correctly value farms, assess farm rents, carry out arbitrations, inventories and records of condition, including valuation clauses on sales of farms, livestock, soils, management agreements, valuation in court proceedings and a glossary of useful information.In this fifth edition, Gwyn Williams''s original text is taken on by Jeremy Moody and Nick Millard, renowned experts in the field, bringing the book right up to date to reflect recent changes in the rural economy, including development, diversification and renewable energy and specialist valuations and reference to all the latest legislation. Clear and accessible to students and professionals alike, readers will find Agricultural Valuations an invaluable guide to best praTable of Contents1. Introduction and history PART 1: FOUNDATIONS 2. Agricultural land 3. Basic property law 4. Business structures for farming 5. Agricultural support: from the EU to beyond Brexit 6. Farm accounting PART 2: VALUATIONS 7. Professional issues 8. Introduction to valuation standards and beyond bases of value 9. Undertaking a valuation 10. Valuation of farm property with vacant possession 11. Valuation of let property 12. Valuation for insurance 13. Woodland and sporting 14. Diversification 15. Development 16. Livestock, machinery, growing crops and produce 17. Environmental valuation PART 3: VALUATIONS FOR TAXATION, COMPULSORY PURCHASE, UTILITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS 18. Valuation for capital taxes 19. Agricultural stocktaking for income tax 20. Valuation for business rates and council tax 21. Compensation for compulsory purchase 22. Cables and pipes for electricity, gas, water and sewerage 23. Masts and cables for communications PART 4: AGRICULTURAL TENANCIES 24. Introduction to agricultural tenancies 25. Issues during a tenancy requiring valuation 26. Rent reviews under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 27. Rent reviews for farm business tenancies 28. Rent reviews for Scottish agricultural tenancies 29. End of tenancy: tenant’s claims 30. Compensation for disturbance 31. End of tenancy: landlord’s claims 32. Valuing the tenancy 33. Valuations for other agreements PART 5: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 34. Farm agency 35. Dispute resolution and expert witness work 36. New skills and services 37. Advice to young practitioners APPENDICES
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Revitalizing Urban Waterway Communities
Book SynopsisThe revitalizing and restoration of rivers, creeks and streams is a major focus of urban conservation activity throughout North America and Europe. This book presents models and examples for organizing multiple stakeholders for purposes of waterway revitalizationif not restorationwithin a context of fairness and environmental justice. After decades of neglect and misuse the challenge of cleaning up urban rivers and streams is shown to be complex and truly daunting. Urban river cleanup typically involves multiple agendas and stakeholders, as well as complicated technical issues. It is also often the situation that the most affected have the least voice in what happens. The authors present social process models for maximum inclusion of various stakeholders in decision-making for urban waterway regeneration. A range of examples is presented, drawn principally from North America and Europe.Trade Review"Importantly, as this book stresses, reviving urban waterways is about restoring relationships and community building. In so doing, the authors argue persuasively that there is real potential to tackle issues of environmental justice." - taken from the Foreword, Professor Judith Petts, CBE, University of Plymouth, UK"Richard C. Smardon, Sharon Moran and April Karen Baptiste have delivered an invaluable handbook on urban stream restoration for professional practitioners, policy makers and planners, community-based scientists and activists, and university faculty and students. The distribution of urban water quality problems has long been a critical environmental justice issue, with deep political economic, geographic, and social roots. Revitalizing Urban Waterway Communities: Streams of Environmental Justice provides a wealth of scientific evidence and case studies (with especially instructive examples from Europe) that serve as a best-practice guide to those aiming to clean up their waterways and at the same time, avoid the pitfalls of green gentrification. Particularly innovative are the book’s approach to engagement via arts and culture, and how stream restoration can serve as a way to improve the physical landscape and water quality while at the same time repairing social relationships. It is required reading for urban environmentalists and social justice activists." - Jennifer Wolch, William W. Wurster Dean, College of Environmental Design University of California, Berkeley, USA"From the nation’s capital to the East Bay, from Syracuse to Milwaukee to Chattanooga, Smardon and his colleagues have embraced the rich diversity of experience in revitalizing urban watersheds and waterfronts—a truly collaborative process which will survive the ups and downs of federal environmental policies." - Rutherford H. Platt, Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA"Environmental restoration is a rapidly growing field and the restoration and revitalization of wetlands, streams and other waterways are a dominant focus. In this important book, the authors place their topic squarely within the frames of environmental justice and broadly inclusive public engagement, showing without a doubt that "success" in restoration is as much a social goal as it is an ecological or technical one. A must read for scholars and practitioners involved in ecological restoration, urban ecology, green infrastructure planning and other fields who are seeking a more harmonious fit between people and natural systems." - Paul H. Gobster, US Forest Service, and former Editor-in-Chief of Landscape and Urban Planning (Elsevier). "Connection to water has a profound impact on us as a species--it has the power to delight, to heal, to restore our hearts and economies. Yet, too often we have ignored the waterways around us, large and small. This books aims to correct this and to show how communities can engage with and restore these ecological and social assets. This book is a badly needed treatise on how to creatively involve the community in connecting with and caring for the waterways around us, and in the process working towards social justice. From the theoretical (the history of urban river restoration and the larger policy issues and challenges faced) to the more applied (techniques for community engagement and mapping) this book provides a wealth of insight about what is needed and what will work in reconnecting to urban waterways. This is important reading for any planner, city official, activist or citizen interested in the health and restoration of streams and rivers, and the people and communities they can help to sustain and bring together along the way." - Timothy Beatley, School of Architecture, University of Virginia, USA "Cities across the world are restoring urban waterways, and they all face the question of how to ensure that projects of river revitalization include the voices and address the needs of the most disadvantaged communities. This eye-opening, valuable, and compelling volume breaks new ground by using case studies of urban stream restoration to examine a range of strategies and challenges for achieving social and environmental justice. It will be an essential resource for practitioners, activists, academics, and all others involved in reimagining and transforming the world’s urban rivers." - Ryan Holifield, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA "Matters of environmental justice merit detailed investigation across many different topic areas and contexts. This book is an excellent example, taking on the novel and fascinating case of urban waterway revitalization and interrogating this in terms of crucial process questions – who participates, who is included, through what means and with what outcomes? Drawing on cases from across North America and Europe, and engaging with diverse participatory methods and techniques, this is a book that will be of great interest to scholars of environmental justice, political ecology and urban planning, as well as to those engaged with pursuing and/or resisting waterway revitalization projects on the ground" - Gordon Walker, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK "Integrating new and generative insights from environmental justice studies and political ecology, the authors of Revitalizing Urban Waterway Communities advance our understanding of the possibilities of fusing ecological restoration with social equity. Drawing on multiple case studies from the U.S. and Europe, this book provides deeply grounded, theoretically sophisticated analyses of how communities can improve the health of rivers and streams and of the people who interact with them." -David N. Pellow, Environmental Studies, UC Santa Barbara, USA"Revitalizing Urban Waterway Communities presents an in-triguing study of the challenges and opportunities in engaginglocal residents in transforming the rivers and streams that runthrough their neighborhoods. This book is a must-read for those practitioners, researchers, and students who want to approach thecomplex task of waterway revitalization using the framework of environmental justice. The challenges of urban waterways require this holistic approach to revitalize and reconnect urbanresidents to the rivers and streams that are hidden beneath theurban fabric." - Robert L. Ryan in the Journal of Enviornemntal Studies and Sciences (October 2018)This book could be useful to any of us engaged in urban stream remediation or restoration. To justify restoration of stream biota, we could sell a vision that goes beyond walkways, boat launches, and parks to catching edible fish in neighborhoods or watching herons and swallows. But we will need to learn how to engage human communities, as described in this book. - Glenn Suter, SETAC Book Reviews EditorTable of Contents1. Introduction: Urban Waterway History and Planning Context 2. History of Urban River Restoration in Europe 3. The Big Picture—Framing Environmental Justice, Political Ecology and Stream Restoration 4. Environmental Justice Leadership and Intergenerational Continuity 5. Public Engagement Process 6. Restoring Streams and Relationships 7. Community Engagement and Mapping 8. Urban Waterways as Green Infrastructure 9. Creative Engagements with Waterway Restoration and Environmental Justice 10. Summary and Streams of Revitalization Practice
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Water for Food Security Nutrition and Social
Book SynopsisThis book is the first comprehensive effort to bring together Water, Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) in a way that goes beyond the traditional focus on irrigated agriculture. Apart from looking at the role of water and sanitation for human well-being, it proposes alternative and more locally appropriate ways to address complex water management and governance challenges from the local to global levels against a backdrop of growing uncertainties.The authors challenge mainstream supply-oriented and neo-Malthusian visions that argue for the need to increase the land area under irrigation in order to feed the world's growing population. Instead, they argue for a reframing of the debate concerning production processes, waste, food consumption and dietary patterns whilst proposing alternative strategies to improve water and land productivity, putting the interests of marginalized and disenfranchized groups upfront.The book highlights how accessing water for FSN can be challTrade Review"This ground-breaking book analyses vital but hitherto ignored intersections between the human right to food and the right to water. Citing recent trends, the authors comprehensively disentangle the multiple linkages between the management and distribution of water resources for domestic and productive uses, malnutrition and food insecurity from local to global levels. These novel perspectives provide pertinent policy guidance to further advance human rights and social justice." — Barbara van Koppen, Principal Researcher, International Water Management Institute"This book is a must read for those who want to explore why water for food and nutrition security should be a basic human right and what it takes to deal with water shortages for agriculture under climate change. This book successfully establishes the rationale of putting people at the center and addressing ecosystems health as entry points to achieve a paradigm change in the way we think of and use water for food security and nutrition." — Patrick Caron, President High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) for Food Security and Nutrition CIRAD, France"This interdisciplinary book boldly studies the connectivity of the crucial "cluster" issues of water for food security and nutrition. In making the quantum leap towards securing this as a human right, it demonstrates that our moral obligation to protect human dignity through basic needs can no longer be ignored." — HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, Chairman of The Higher Council for Science and Technology"Farmers, indigenous peoples and fishers are well aware that land, water and food are interconnected and crucial for human wellbeing. However, policies, programmes and right based approaches on water and food have developed often without their participation and thus with little understanding of the livelihoods and wellbeing of rural communities, including customary communities, and in isolation from each other. Local people’s rights to water and food are routinely violated. This book boldly highlights the faultlines in policy debates and practices and provides a very welcome and much needed social justice perspective to water, food security and nutrition." — Jennifer Franco, Transnational Institute "This highly readable book breaks new ground by framing food and nutrition security in terms of both the right to food and the right to water. It clearly highlights the importance of agroecological practices in renewing the availability and quality of water for food systems and the environment. The gendered analysis of water governance is generative of critical proposals for equitable policies and inclusive practices. In sum, this scholarly work fills a major gap in the literature. It is a 'must read' for many academics, policy makers and development professionals." — Michel Pimbert, Director of the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University, UKTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Linking Water and Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) 3. Agricultural Water Management 4. Water Governance for FSN 5. Water, FSN and Social Justice Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Food Security Agricultural Policies and Economic Growth
Using a political-economic approach supplemented with insights from human ecology, this volume analyzes the long-term dynamics of food security and economic growth. The book begins by discussing the nature of preindustrial food crises and the changes that have occurred since the 19th century with the ascent of technical science and the fossil fuel revolution. It explains how these changes improved living standards but that the realization of this improvement was usually dependent on government support for smallholder modernization. The author sets out how the evolution of food security in different regions has been influenced by farm policy choices and how these choices were shaped by local societal characteristics, international relations and changing configurations in metropolitan countries. Separate chapters are devoted to the interaction of this evolution with debates on food security and economic growth and with internat
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Green Exercise
Book SynopsisThe concept of Green Exercise has now been widely adopted and implies a synergistic health benefit of being active in the presence of nature. This book provides a balanced overview and synthesis text on all aspects of Green Exercise and integrates evidence from many different disciplines including physiology, ecology, psychology, sociology and the environmental sciences, and across a wide range of countries. It describes the impact of Green Exercise on human health and well-being through all stages of the lifecourse and covers a wide spectrum from cellular processes such as immune function through to facilitating human behavioural change. It demonstrates the value of Green Exercise for activity and education purposes in both schools and the workplace, as well as its therapeutic properties. Green Exercise is an effective intervention for vulnerable groups and promoting healthy ageing, with activities including wilderness therapy, therapeutic horticulture and the use of fTrade Review"Physical activity promotes health. Nature contact promotes health. This wonderful book explores the intersection of the two, providing both theory and evidence, across cultures, on the benefits of green exercise. It’s timely, thorough, and readable – the definitive source on green exercise. Highly recommended." – Howard Frumkin, School of Public Health, University of Washington, USA. "Green Exercise provides an antidote for much of what ails modern society. This book will help both to protect the natural world and to enhance public health. Evidence presented in this book – regarding beneficial effects of green exercise on myriad outcomes including physical activity, obesity, attention, mental health, and immune function – can be leveraged in support of policies to protect woodlands, programs to facilitate active engagement with the natural environment, interventions to reduce health disparities, and to inspire each of us to be active outdoors." – Nancy M. Wells, Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University, USA.Table of Contents1. The Seven Heresies of Asclepius: Behaviours that Affect Well-being Jules Pretty and David Pencheon 2. Nature in Buildings and Health Design Stephen Kellert 3. Green Exercise, Health and a Dose of Nature Jo Barton, Carly Wood, Jules Pretty and Mike Rogerson 4. How to get more out of the Green Exercise Experience: Insights from Attention Restoration Theory Jason Duvall and William C. Sullivan 5. Children’s Connections to Nature and Green Exercise Carly Wood, Rachel Bragg and Jules Pretty 6. Learning on the Move: Green Exercise for Children and Young People Liz O’Brien, Bianca Ambrose-Oji, Sue Waite, Jennie Aronsson and Maria Clark 7. The Benefits of Blue Exercise Mathew White, Sarah Bell, Lewis Elliott, Rebecca Jenkin, Benedict Wheeler and Michael Depledge 8. Forest Bathing in Japan Qing Li 9. Healthy Parks, Healthy People: Evidence from Australia Mardie Townsend and Claire Henderson-Wilson 10. Green Care: Nature-based Interventions for Vulnerable People Joe Sempik and Rachel Bragg 11. Care Farming and Probation Helen Elsey, Jenni Murray and Rochelle Gold 12. Green Care Interventions for Youth at Risk Jo Roberts, Jo Barton and Carly Wood 13. Green Exercise in the Workplace Valerie Gladwell and Dan Brown 14. Green Exercise and Dementia Neil Mapes 15. The Benefits of Greener and Healthier Economies Jules Pretty and Jo Barton
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Architecture and the Forest Aesthetic
Despite population trends toward urbanization, the forest continues to have a strong appeal to the human imagination, and the human preference for forest over many other types of terrain is well documented. This book re-imagines architecture and urbanism by allowing the forest to be a prominent consideration in the language of design, thus recognizing the forest as essential rather than just incidental to human well-being. In Architecture and the Forest Aesthetic, forest is a large-scale urban construct that is far more extensive and nuanced than trees and shrubbery. The forest aesthetic opens designers to the forest as a model for an urban architecture of permeable floors, protective canopies, connected food chains, beneficial decomposition, and resilient ecologies. Much can be learned about these features of the forest from the natural sciences; however, when they are given due consideration technically and metaphorically in the design of urban habitat, the places in which
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Taylor & Francis Inc Saffron (Crocus sativus): Production and Processing
Book SynopsisSaffron is a precious spice which is mainly grown in Iran, India, Spain, Greece, Italy, Pakistan, Morocco, and central Asian countries. Until recently, saffron was perceived only for its value as a spice. However, with recent research findings pointing to the medicinal properties of saffron such as its antimicrobial, anticarcinogenic and antioxidant effects, interest in this plant has increased. The book presents a comprehensive account of saffron which includes the historical background, acerage underproduction, yield and applications, botanical ecophysiology, production technology, irrigation, pests, diseases and weeds, genetics, sterility, reproduction and production of secondary metabolites by in vitro method, economic aspects, indigenous knowledge in saffron production, processing, chemical composition and quality control, and research strategies.Table of ContentsHistorical Background, Economy, Acreage, Production, Yield and Uses; Saffron Botany; Saffron Ecophysiology; Saffron Production Technology; Irrigation; Saffron Pests, Diseases, and Weeds; Genetics, Sterility, Propagation and in vitro Production of Secondary Metabolites; Economical Aspects of Saffron; Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Traditional Agriculture with Emphasis on Saffron; Processing, Chemical Composition and the Standards of Saffron; Research Strategies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Forest Biodiversity Research, Monitoring and
Book SynopsisThe first of two volumes documenting the latest findings on forest biodiversity, this book presents original, new contributions by some three hundred scientists from over forty countries. Researchers from the massive Smithsonian/MAB Biological Diversity Program cover the feasibility of using long-term inventory plots as a framework for monitoring multi-layer vegetation, socioeconomic applications of research results, and promotion of multidisciplinary research and training. The book is in five main sections covering first the methodology for forest monitoring and modeling and then the results of research from Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia/Pacific.Trade Review"The publication of this book is timely in that it adds substantially to the existing knowledge on biodiversity and addresses important subject areas that require additional research…" -- Agroforestry Sytems, 1998Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Contributors. Section I: Foret monitoring framework. Section II: Monitoring and modeling forest biodiversity. Section III: Europe. Section IV: Africa and Australia. Section V: Asia/Pacific. Conclusion. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Environment Encyclopedia and Directory 2010
Book SynopsisExamining environmental issues throughout the world, this reference title contains thorough definitions and explanations of terms relating to the environment. The volume includes detailed maps, an extensive bibliography and a Who's Who section, making this an essential one-stop reference work for anyone interested in environmental issues.Features of this title include: an updated A-Z section of key terms and issues surrounding the environment a comprehensive directory section organized alphabetically by country, listing main governmental and non-governmental organizations, both national and international a series of maps showing environmental features both regionally and world-wide an extensive bibliography of relevant periodicals a comprehensive who's who section of the leading personalities actively involved with environmental affairs. This new edition includes three revised and updated essays on The Politics of the Environment: 'International Environmental Politics and the State' – by Hugh Dyer 'International Organizations and the Global Environment' – by Hannes R. Stephan and Fariborz Zelli 'The Ethical Dimentionsof Global Environmental Change' – by Chukwumerije Okereke Trade Review'This Encyclopedia and Directory provides an easy-to-use printed reference source covering a wide variety of environmental affairs that are brought together conveniently in one volume.' – Science and Technology'I have no doubt that administrators, authors and researchers will find this volume useful.' – Environmental Education'A fine reference.' – Reference and Research Book News'Many institutions will find this volume a useful companion.' – Royal Institute of International Affairs
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Scenario Innovation: Experiences from a European
Book SynopsisThe Visions Project brought together a range of decision makers, scientists and thinkers to collectively envision a Europe of the future in terms of sustainable development, and this book is the result of their efforts. Addressing a range of contentious questions from employment to the environment, and approaching the issues from a wide variety of standpoints, these experts also give the reader an analysis of the status quo and ask pertinent and provoking questions about the Europe we are building for the future.Table of ContentsThe Experimental GardenThe Global Context The VISIONS ApproachRegional and European Scenarios Integrated Visions
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Cambridge University Press The Evolving Science of Grassland Improvement
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