Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems

Zusatztext From the Foreword “This welcome volume on agricultural sustainability … is authored by innovative scientists well-known in their fields … It is clearly written and provides a great deal of practical information as well as addresses theoretical and systems issues in depth.” —Clive A. Edwards, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA Informationen zum Autor Thomas Gitau, Margaret W. Gitau, David Waltner-Toews Zusammenfassung Drawing on management theory and practice, this work demonstrates the link between human health and agroecosystem sustainability. It provides a case study with global ramifications, addressing issues that are crucial to the rapidly changing tropics. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Introduction. Design and Implementation of an Adaptive, Integrated Approach to Health and Sustainability in a Smallholder-Dominated Agroecosystem. Community Participation and the Integration of Agroecosystem Health and Sustainability Concerns into Practical Decision Making. Use of Systems Theory, Directed Graphs, and Pulse Process Models in an Adaptive Approach to Agroecosystem Health and Sustainability. Soft System Methodology in the Management of Agroecosystem Health and Sustainability Concerns of a Tropical Highlands Agroecosystem. Development of Health and Sustainability Indicators for a Tropical Highlands Agroecosystem. An Assessment of Health and Sustainability of a Smallholder-Dominated Tropical Highlands Ecosystem. General Discussion. General Conclusions. Appendices. Index.

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• Authors: Margaret W. Gitau, Margaret W. (Tallahassee Gitau, Thomas Gitau, Thomas (West Lafayette Gitau, Thomas Gitau Gitau, Thomas/ Gitau Gitau, Gitau Margaret W., Gitau Thomas, David Waltner-Toews, David (University of Guelph Waltner-Toews, Waltner-Toews David
• Assisted by: Clive A. Edwards (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2008
• EAN: 9781420072778
• ISBN: 978-1-4200-7277-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Advances in Agroecology; Advances in Agroecology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, NATURE / Ecology, Geophysics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry, Biodiversity, Botany & plant sciences, Earth Sciences, Agricultural science, Botany and plant sciences, Biodiversity / Ecosystems