Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Volume 3 Social Horticulture

Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Volume 3 Social Horticulture / edited by Geoffrey R. Dixon, David E. Aldous.

Volume three of Horticulture – Plants for People and Places analyses in depth the scientific and scholastic concepts interacting with the arts, medicine and humanities which now underpin the rapidly evolving subject of Social Horticulture. This covers: Horticulture and Society, Diet and Health, Psyc...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Dixon, Geoffrey R. (Editor), Aldous, David E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Food—Biotechnology.
Environment.
Business.
Management science.
Social sciences.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 27. Horticulture and Society
  • 28. Fruit and Vegetables and Health: An overview
  • 29. Health and Well-Being
  • 30. Human Dimensions of Wildlife Gardening: Its development, controversies and psychological benefits
  • 31. Horticultural Science’s Role in Meeting the Need of Urban Populations
  • 32. Education and Training Futures in Horticulture and Horticultural Science
  • 33. Extension Approaches for Horticultural Innovation
  • 34. Increasing the Economic Role for Smallholder Farmers in the World Market for Horticultural Food
  • 35. International Plant Trade and Biosecurity
  • 36. Art in Horticulture, Horticulture and Art
  • 37. Scholarship and Literature in Horticulture
  • 38. A Short History of Scholarship in Horticulture and
  • 39. Gardening and Horticulture
  • Index.

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