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Eating, Drinking : The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson, Peter.
Other Authors: Spiess, Walter E. L., Sultana, Farhana.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2016.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Global Understanding Series
Subjects:
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Series Preface
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction: Understanding the Complexities of Eating, Drinking, and Surviving
  • Abstract
  • The Global Challenges of Food and Water Security
  • Approaching the Issues
  • Introducing the Essays
  • References
  • 2 Globalization and Malnutrition: Geographical Perspectives on Its Paradoxes
  • Abstract
  • References
  • 3 Drinking Water
  • Abstract
  • Introduction: Waiting for Water
  • Developing Drinking Water?
  • 21st Century Drinking Water
  • Resistance: Waiting on Water, Waiting on Development
  • References
  • 4 The Politics and Consequences of Virtual Water Export
  • Abstract
  • The Politics of Virtual Water Control
  • Local and Multi-scalar Reactions
  • References
  • 5 Integrated Water Resources Management as a New Approach to Water Security
  • Abstract
  • Water Availability Is not an Ecological Issue, but a Management Problem Solved at High Social and Ecological Costs
  • IWRM: The New Water Management Paradigm
  • Water Management Practices: Plumbing and Pumping
  • Water Governance as the New Panacea
  • References
  • 6 Surviving as an Unequal Community: WASH for Those on the Margins
  • Abstract
  • Water and Sanitation
  • The Survival of the Most Vulnerable
  • Beyond Surviving to Living with Dignity
  • The Sustainable Development Goals
  • References
  • 7 Challenges to Food Security in a Changing World
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Food Availability and Food Sovereignty
  • The Daily Intake
  • Important Sources of Energy-Carbohydrates
  • Cereals
  • Roots and Tubers
  • Building the Body: Proteins
  • The Backup Source of Energy: Fat
  • Micronutrients-Nature's Wonder Drugs
  • Drinking
  • Biofuel: A Threat to Food Security?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 8 Moral Economies of Food in the Socialist/Post-socialist World
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Neoliberal Moral Economies of Food.
  • Socialist Moral Economies of Food
  • Food Sovereignty and Everyday Life in Cuba
  • Conclusion: Socialist and Post-socialist Moral Economies of Food
  • References
  • 9 The Nutrition Transition in Developing Asia: Dietary Change, Drivers and Health Impacts
  • Abstract
  • What Is the Nutrition Transition?
  • Dietary Change in Asia
  • Drivers of the Asian Nutrition Transition
  • Health Effects of the Nutrition Transition
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 10 Food Sovereignty and the Possibilities for an Equitable, Just and Sustainable Food System
  • Abstract
  • References
  • 11 Food Security and Food Waste
  • Abstract
  • References.

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