Eating, Drinking: Surviving [electronic resource] The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU / edited by Peter Jackson, Walter E.L. Spiess, Farhana Sultana.

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...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Jackson, Peter (Editor)
Spiess, Walter E.L (Editor)
Sultana, Farhana (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Global Understanding ,
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Variant Title:
Eating, Drinking: Surviving: The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction: Understanding the Complexities of Eating, Drinking, and Surviving
  • Globalization and Malnutrition: Geographical Perspectives on Its Paradoxes
  • Drinking Water
  • The Politics and Consequences of Virtual Water Export
  • Integrated Water Resources Management as a New Approach to Water Security
  • Surviving as an Unequal Community: WASH for Those on the Margins
  • Challenges to Food Security in a Changing World
  • Moral Economies of Food in the Socialist/Post-socialist World
  • The Nutrition Transition in Developing Asia: Dietary Change, Drivers and Health Impacts. Food Sovereignty and the Possibilities for an Equitable, Just and Sustainable Food System
  • Food Security and Food Waste.