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OverviewDeclaring, any system in a state of positive feedback will destroy itself, Brown (of The Australian Conservation Society) argues that the two major problems driving environmental danger are the nature of the interaction between humans and their food supply and the essentially 'linear' and irrever Full Product DetailsAuthor: A. Duncan BrownPublisher: International Books Imprint: International Books Dimensions: Width: 21.80cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 15.00cm Weight: 0.748kg ISBN: 9789057270482ISBN 10: 905727048 Pages: 431 Publication Date: 01 September 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsEngaging, provocative and with great attention to historical data and detail, Brown dares to pose the stark alternatives facing humanity regarding food, population and the environment: limit the size of the global population or limit the rate of food production ... Essential reading to anyone who wonders where our next meal ought to be coming from. Engaging, provocative and with great attention to historical data and detail, Brown dares to pose the stark alternatives facing humanity regarding food, population and the environment: limit the size of the global population or limit the rate of food production ... Essential reading to anyone who wonders where our next meal ought to be coming from. Engaging, provocative and with great attention to historical data and detail, Brown dares to pose the stark alternatives facing humanity regarding food, population and the environment: limit the size of the global population or limit the rate of food production. . . . Essential reading to anyone who wonders where our next meal ought to be coming from. Brewster Kneen, author, Invisible Giant and Farmageddon Feed or Feedback makes a complex and vital issue of global survival accessible to the lay reader, and is a most valuable contribution to the globalization debate. I hope it will be widely read by those concerned for our ecology, and the disastrous things we are doing to the earth that feeds us. John le Carre Engaging, provocative and with great attention to historical data and detail, Brown dares to pose the stark alternatives facing humanity regarding food, population and the environment: limit the size of the global population or limit the rate of food production. . . . Essential reading to anyone who wonders where our next meal ought to be coming from. --Brewster Kneen, author, Invisible Giant and Farmageddon Feed or Feedback makes a complex and vital issue of global survival accessible to the lay reader, and is a most valuable contribution to the globalization debate. I hope it will be widely read by those concerned for our ecology, and the disastrous things we are doing to the earth that feeds us. --John le Carre Engaging, provocative and with great attention to historical data and detail, Brown dares to pose the stark alternatives facing humanity regarding food, population and the environment: limit the size of the global population or limit the rate of food production ... Essential reading to anyone who wonders where our next meal ought to be coming from. Engaging, provocative and with great attention to historical data and detail, Brown dares to pose the stark alternatives facing humanity regarding food, population and the environment: limit the size of the global population or limit the rate of food production. . . . Essential reading to anyone who wonders where our next meal ought to be coming from. Brewster Kneen, author, Invisible Giant and Farmageddon Feed or Feedback makes a complex and vital issue of global survival accessible to the lay reader, and is a most valuable contribution to the globalization debate. I hope it will be widely read by those concerned for our ecology, and the disastrous things we are doing to the earth that feeds us. John le Carre Engaging, provocative and with great attention to historical data and detail, Brown dares to pose the stark alternatives facing humanity regarding food, population and the environment: limit the size of the global population or limit the rate of food production. . . . Essential reading to anyone who wonders where our next meal ought to be coming from. --Brewster Kneen, author, Invisible Giant and Farmageddon Feed or Feedback makes a complex and vital issue of global survival accessible to the lay reader, and is a most valuable contribution to the globalization debate. I hope it will be widely read by those concerned for our ecology, and the disastrous things we are doing to the earth that feeds us. --John le Carre Author InformationA. Duncan Brown is a professor emeritus in the department of biological sciences at the University of Wollongong in Australia. He has previously taught at the University of Manchester, the University of California, Cambridge University, Yale University, the Norwegian Institute of Technology, and the University of Tuebingen, Germany. He is the author of Microbial Water Stress Physiology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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