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Synthèses eBook Series

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  • Rural societies in the face of climatic and environmental changes in West Africa

    Edited by Benjamin Sultan, Richard Lalou, Amadou Mouftaou Sanni, Amadou Oumarou, Mame Arame Soumaré ...
    Series series Synthèses
    The future of West Africa depends on the capacity of its agriculture to ensure the food security of the population, which should double in the next 20 years, while facing up to the new risks resulting from climate warming. Indeed, the changes in temperature and precipitations already operating and that should become more marked will have serious effects on agricultural production and water ... Read more

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  • Grand Transitions

    How the Modern World Was Made

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure. What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

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  • An Introduction to Human-Environment Geography

    Local Dynamics and Global Processes

    by William G. Moseley, Eric Perramond, Holly M. Hapke, Paul Laris ...
    This introductory level text explores various theoretical approaches to human-environment geography, demonstrating how local dynamics and global processes influence how we interact with our environments.Introduces students to fundamental concepts in environmental geography and scienceExplores the core theoretical traditions within the field, along with major thematic issues such as population, ... Read more

    $46.00 USD

  • Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Ephraim Nkonya, Alisher Mirzabaev, Joachim von Braun ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of land degradation is especially severe on livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources. ... Read more

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  • Land Use and Food Security in 2050: a Narrow Road

    Agrimonde-Terra

    by Chantal le Mouël, Marie de Lattre-Gasquet, Olivier Mora ...
    Series series Matière à débattre et décider
    After a first foresight study on ‘World food security in 2050’ (Agrimonde), CIRAD and INRA have turned their attention to a new foresight exercise on ‘Land use and food security in 2050’ (Agrimonde-Terra). This new study seeks to highlight levers that could modify ongoing land-use patterns for improved food and nutrition security.Agrimonde-Terra proposes a trend analysis on the global context, ... Read more

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  • Handbook Of Climate Change And Agroecosystems: Global And Regional Aspects And Implications — Joint Publication With The American Society Of Agronomy

    by Daniel Hillel, Cynthia Rosenzweig ...
    Series Book 2 - Icp Series On Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, And Mitigation
    Climate change is no longer merely projected to occur in the indeterminate future. It has already begun to be manifested in the weather regimes affecting agroecosystems, food production, and rural livelihoods in many regions around the world. It is a real and growing challenge to the world at large and in particular to the scientific community, which is called upon with increasing urgency to ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Living territories to transform the world

    by Patrick Caron, Elodie Valette, Tom Wassenaar, Geo Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, Vatché Papazian ...
    What resources underpin the development of a territory? What does territorial management of resources mean? What specific characteristics and opportunities does territorial organization offer for agricultural production, regulation of sectors, and services? How are territorial public policies conceived and applied? But also, what are the limits of the territorial approach? How does a territorial ... Read more

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  • Beyond Tropical Deforestation

    From Tropical Deforestation to Forest Cover Dynamics and Forest Development

    by Didier Babin ...
    Does the diagnosis of irreversible destruction of both forests and their biodiversity actually mask a wide range of patterns? Based on the results of natural and social scientists, this book attempts to answer fundamental questions such as: what is deforestation and how do we mesure it? What changes result from deforestation and how do human societies manage these changes? It explores the many and ... Read more

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  • Dynamics and Diversity

    Soil Fertility and Farming Livelihoods in Africa

    Edited by Ian Scoones ...
    Soils are critical to agriculture and, in turn, to food supply and livelihoods. Sustainable management of soils is crucial for a large proportion of the population of Africa. Contrary to many claims, soil fertility is improved and managed successfully by small-scale farmers there. Careful studies from widely different areas reveal how closely bound up soil management is with complex social, ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The forestry & wood sector and climate change mitigation

    From carbon sequestration in forests to the development of the bioeconomy

    by Alice Roux, Antoine Colin, Jean-François Dhôte, Bertrand Schmitt ...
    Series series Matière à débattre et décider
    Forests and forestry in temperate regions face what may appear to be contradictory goals: to increase atmospheric carbon capture through sequestration in biomass and soils, while providing a growing share of the resources needed to produce essential material goods and energy for human societies as well as gradually renewing forests to enable them to adapt to future climate conditions. INRAE and ... Read more

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  • African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

    by Walter Leal Filho ...
    Series series Reference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences
    This open access book discusses current thinking and presents the main issues and challenges associated with climate change in Africa. It introduces evidences from studies and projects which show how climate change adaptation is being - and may continue to be successfully implemented in African countries. Thanks to its scope and wide range of themes surrounding climate change, the ambition is that ... Read more

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  • Water Resources and Development

    by Clive Agnew, Philip Woodhouse ...
    Series series Routledge Perspectives on Development
    Since the start of the twenty-first century there has been an unprecedented focus upon water as a key factor in the future of both society and environment. Water management lies at the heart of strategies of development as does the added the hazard of climate change.Water Resources and Development provides a stimulating interdisciplinary introduction to the role of water resources in shaping ... Read more

    $59.99 USD