Bohlen / House Sustainable Agroecosystem Management

Integrating Ecology, Economics, and Society
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4200-5215-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten

Reihe: Advances in Agroecology

Emphasizes Centrality of the Ecosystem Perspective
Sustainable management of agroecosystems in the 21st century faces unprecedented challenges. Protecting the environment while feeding a burgeoning population that could reach nine billion by mid-century, preserving the world’s biodiversity, and sustaining agriculture in an increasingly urban world is a massive undertaking.

Avoiding simple prescriptions for the application of ecological principles to agriculture, Sustainable Agroecosystem Management: Integrating Ecology, Economics, and Society emphasizes the continued centrality of the ecosystem perspective, and the need to integrate ecological, economic, and social considerations in agroecosystem science and management.

Truly Interdisciplinary in Scope
With contributions from distinguished leaders in the field of sustainable agriculture, this authoritative book first delineates the present and future challenges agroecosystems face. It then reviews the important contributions made by Dr. Ben Stinner, a pioneer in the field of agroecosystem ecology. Providing historical background of attempts to connect the ecological and agricultural sciences, this standard-setting resource highlights recent efforts to integrate natural and social science perspectives. It also examines the challenges for developing integrated approaches to agroecosystem management.

Through a variety of case studies with global applications, the text makes it abundantly clear that purely technological approaches are insufficient for solving the food systems problems of the future. It explores practical innovative strategies, policies, and research needs necessary to develop management approaches that emphasize whole system productivity, diversify agricultural operations, and sustain multiple functions, including ecological integrity.

Zielgruppe

Researchers and graduate students in agronomy and ecology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bohlen, Patrick J.

House, Gar

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Agroecosystem Management for the Twenty-First Century: Sustaining Ecosystems, Economies, and Communities in a Time of Global Change, P.J. Bohlen and G. House

BEN STINNER’S CONTRIBUTION TO AGROECOSYSTEM SCIENCE

Evolution of Agroecosystem Management in the Life of Benjamin R. Stinner: A Reflection on His Journey and Legacy, D.H. Stinner

Ecological Integration of the Social and Natural Sciences in the Sugar Creek Method, R.H. Moore

UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE AGROECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT

Rethinking the First Principles of Agroecology: Ecological, Social, and Economic, J.E. Ikerd

Potential for a New Generation of Biodiversity in Agroecosystems, F.L. Kirschenmann

The Necessity and Possibility of an Agriculture Where Nature Is the Measure, W. Jackson, S. Cox, L. DeHaan, J. Glover, D. Van Tassel, and C. Cox

Energy and Human Population Growth: The Role of Agriculture, D. Pimentel

Beyond Systems Thinking in Agroecology: Holons, Intentionality, and Resonant Configurations, W.L. Bland and M.M. Bell

ECOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF AGROECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT

Ecology-Based Agriculture and the Next Green Revolution: Is Modern Agriculture Exempt from the Laws of Ecology? P. Larry Phelan

Agroecosystem Integrity and the Internal Cycling of Nutrients, M. Wander

The Role of Biodiversity in Agronomy and Agroecosystem Management in the Coming Century, D. Hillel and C. Rosenzweig

Long-Term Consequences of Biological and Biogeochemical Changes in the Horseshoe Bend Long-Term Agroecosystem Project, D.C. Coleman, M.D. Hunter, P.F. Hendrix, D.A. Crossley, Jr., S. Arce-Flores, B. Simmons, and K. Wickings

MANAGING ACROECOSYSTEMS AND RESEARCH TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS AND OUTCOMES

Challenges and Benefits of Developing Multifunctional Agroecosystems, J. Westra and G. Boody

Conceptual Model for Integrating Ecological and Economic Sustainability in Agroecosystems: An Example from Subtropical Grazing Lands, P.J. Bohlen and H.M. Swain

Principles of Dynamic Integrated Agricultural Systems, G.F. Sassenrath, J.D. Hanson, J.R. Hendrickson, D.W. Archer, J.F. Halloran, and J. J. Steiner

Participatory Approaches and Stakeholder Involvement in Sustainable Agriculture Research, K. Eksvard, L. Salomonsson, C. Francis, N. Sriskandarajah, K. Svanäng, G. Lieblein, J. Bjorklund, and U. Geber

Retrofitting Suburban Landscapes with Sustainable Agroecosystems, G. House

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