Global change and the challenges of sustainably feeding a growing planet. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas W. Hertel, Uris Lantz C. Baldos.
• Authors: Hertel, Thomas W (Thomas Warren), 1953-; Baldos, Uris Lantz C
• Contents: 1) Overview of global land use, food security and the environment -- 2) Population and income as drivers of global land use -- 3) Productivity growth and yield response in the crop sector -- 4) Potential for cropland area response -- 5) Biofuels and its impact on global land use -- 6) Climate change, land use and the environment -- 7) Competing demands for land in the 21st century -- 8) The global livestock industry as a driver of land use -- 9) Food security -- 10): Looking back to go forward: Global land use in 2050 -- References -- Glossary -- Appendix -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.7; Environment; Environmental management; Agriculture -- Economic aspects; Food security; Food supply; Agricultural economics; Agriculture -- Economic aspects; Environmental management; Food security; Food supply; Environmental Sciences; Earth & Environmental Sciences; Business & Economics -- Industries -- Agribusiness; Science -- Environmental Science; Agricultural science; Environmental monitoring; Technology & Engineering -- Environmental -- General; Environmental management; Environment; Environmental Management; Agricultural Economics; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319226620; 3319226622
• Related ISBNs: 9783319226613; 3319226614
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 29, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.