Socio-Metabolic Perspectives on the Sustainability of Local Food Systems Insights for Science, Policy and Practice

Socio-Metabolic Perspectives on the Sustainability of Local Food Systems Insights for Science, Policy and Practice / edited by Eva Fraňková, Willi Haas, Simron J. Singh.

This book delves into diverse local food systems and critically assesses their ecological and societal benefits and trade-offs, their limits and opportunities for improving sustainability of food production, and framework conditions which either hinder or promote their development.  More and more pe...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Fraňková, Eva (Editor), Haas, Willi (Editor), Singh, Simron J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Human-Environment Interactions, 7
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Applied ecology.
Sustainable development.
Agriculture.
Natural resources.
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction.-PART I Social Metabolism and Local Food Systems: Key Concepts
  • Chapter 1.1 In Search of Local Sustainable Agro-food Systems
  • Chapter 1.2 Towards an Energy–Landscape Integrated Analysis (ELIA) in agroecosystems
  • Chapter 1.3 Integrating indicators of energy efficiency, power and social metabolism for sustainability assessment of farming and food systems
  • PART II Social Metabolism and Local Food Systems: Case studies beyond North and South
  • Chapter 2.1 Sustainability challenges of pre-industrial food systems: Insights from Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research in Austria
  • Chapter 2.2 From vineyards to feedlots: Socio-metabolic transition of the Vallés County (1860-1950-1999)
  • Chapter 2.3 Learnings from an Austrian rural case to foster leapfrogging unsustainable practices in industrializing countries
  • Chapter 2.4  Leapfrogging conventional development? Innovations to overcome sustainability constraints in a small-farmer village, Cambodia
  • Chapter 2.5 Social and financial metabolism of a small-scale organic farm: looking for sustainability at local level
  • Chapter 2.6 Towards more sustainable diets? A socioecological reading of food consumption patterns on a Greek island
  • Chapter 2.7 Local and Global food supply chains. Is their comparison meaningful? Lessons learned from an organic tomato case study
  • Chapter 2.8 Closing nutrient cycles in the city of Madrid: intersection of grey and green infrastructure systems
  • Conclusions: What pathways exist for sustainable agro-food systems?

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