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" The coming famine : "
Julian Cribb.
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BL
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1006927
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b761297
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Cribb, Julian.
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The coming famine : : the global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it /\ Julian Cribb.
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Berkeley, Calif. :: University of California Press,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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0520947169
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: 1282660802
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: 6612660805
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: 9780520947160
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: 9781282660809
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: 9786612660801
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0520260716
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9780520260719
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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What food crisis? -- Food-- or war -- The well runs dry -- Peak land -- Nutrients : the new oil -- Troubled waters -- Losing our brains -- Eating oil -- The climate hammer -- Elephants in the kitchen -- A fair deal for farmers -- Food in the future.
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In The Coming Famine, Julian Cribb lays out a vivid picture of impending planetary crisis--a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century--that would dwarf any in our previous experience. Cribb's comprehensive assessment describes a dangerous confluence of shortages--of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge--combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Writing in brisk, accessible prose, Cribb explains how the food system interacts with the environment and with armed conflict, poverty, and other societal factors. He shows how high food pri.
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Climatic changes.
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Food industry and trade.
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Food supply.
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Sustainable agriculture.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.
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Climatic changes.
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Food industry and trade.
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Food supply.
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SCIENCE-- Earth Sciences-- Meteorology Climatology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Sustainable agriculture.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.8
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HD9000.5.C715 2010eb
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ZA 57000rvk
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ZA 57000.rvk
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