Integrated assessment of health and sustainability of agroecosystems. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas Gitau, Margaret W. Gitau, David Waltner-Toews.
• Other Names: Gitau, Thomas; Gitau, Margaret W; Waltner-Toews, David, 1948-
• Contents: General Introduction ; Global Context; Sustainability; Agroecosystem Health; The Kiambu Agroecosystem; Potential Indicators; Justification; Design and Implementation of an Adaptive, Integrated Approach to Health and Sustainability in a Smallholder-Dominated Agroecosystem ; Research Strategy and Methods; Results; Discussion; Community Participation and the Integration of Agroecosystem Health and Sustainability Concerns into Practical Decision Making ; Process and Methods; Results; Discussion; Use of Systems Theory, Directed Graphs, and Pulse Process Models in an Adaptive Approach to Agroecosystem Health and Sustainability ; Process and Methods; Results; Discussion; Soft System Methodology in the Management of Agroecosystem Health and Sustainability Concerns of a Tropical Highlands Agroecosystem ; Process and Methods; Results; Discussion; Development of Health and Sustainability Indicators for a Tropical Highlands Agroecosystem ; Process and Methods; Results; Discussion; An Assessment of Health and Sustainability of a Smallholder-Dominated Tropical Highlands Ecosystem ; Process and Methods; Results; Discussion; General Discussion ; Synopsis; Sustainability; Agroecosystem Health; Kiambu Agroecosystem; Health and Sustainability Assessment; Summary; General Conclusions ; Appendix 1: Questionnaire Used to Carry Out a Census of All the Land-Use Units in the Village ; Appendix 2: Questionnaire Used for Indicator Measurement at the Land-Use Unit Level ; Index ; An Introduction and References appear in each chapter.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 227 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 630; Agricultural ecology; Sustainable agriculture; Agroforestry; Agrobiodiversity; Soil ecology; Tillage; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General; Agricultural ecology; Agrobiodiversity; Agroforestry; Soil ecology; Sustainable agriculture; Tillage; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420072785; 1420072781; 9781420072778; 1420072773
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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