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Kristina A. Vogt, Toral Patel-Weynand, Maura Shelton, Daniel J. Vogt, John C. Gordon, Calvin T. Mukumoto, Asep S. Suntana and Patricia A. Roads: Sustainability unpacked: food, energy and water for resilient environments and societies

Kristina A. Vogt, Toral Patel-Weynand, Maura Shelton, Daniel J. Vogt, John C. Gordon, Calvin T.... Agric Hum Values (2013) 30:487–488 DOI 10.1007/s10460-013-9456-4 Kristina A. Vogt, Toral Patel-Weynand, Maura Shelton, Daniel J. Vogt, John C. Gordon, Calvin T. Mukumoto, Asep S. Suntana and Patricia A. Roads: Sustainability unpacked: food, energy and water for resilient environments and societies Earthscan, London, 2010, 305 pp, ISBN 978-1-84407-901-8 Orla Shortall Published online: 15 June 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 Sustainability Unpacked approaches sustainability from the concept (Thompson 2010) and this book nails its colours to point of view of resource choices and availability, con- the mast early on by defining it on the first page and sidering four key resources of energy, water, food and undertaking an extensive quantitative analysis of it. The forests. The book takes a dual perspective considering how discussion of how a country’s natural endowments shape natural resource availability influences sustainability: its society may be of interest to an audience interested in (a) how societies are constrained in their choices by natural agriculture. endowments, and (b) how sustainability is determined by However the complexity of the concept of sustainability people themselves, how they work within or overcome trips the authors up at times and the book would have these constraints. A key contention of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

Kristina A. Vogt, Toral Patel-Weynand, Maura Shelton, Daniel J. Vogt, John C. Gordon, Calvin T. Mukumoto, Asep S. Suntana and Patricia A. Roads: Sustainability unpacked: food, energy and water for resilient environments and societies

Agriculture and Human Values , Volume 30 (3) – Jun 15, 2013

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2013 by Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
Subject
Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; History, general; Evolutionary Biology
ISSN
0889-048X
eISSN
1572-8366
DOI
10.1007/s10460-013-9456-4
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Agric Hum Values (2013) 30:487–488 DOI 10.1007/s10460-013-9456-4 Kristina A. Vogt, Toral Patel-Weynand, Maura Shelton, Daniel J. Vogt, John C. Gordon, Calvin T. Mukumoto, Asep S. Suntana and Patricia A. Roads: Sustainability unpacked: food, energy and water for resilient environments and societies Earthscan, London, 2010, 305 pp, ISBN 978-1-84407-901-8 Orla Shortall Published online: 15 June 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 Sustainability Unpacked approaches sustainability from the concept (Thompson 2010) and this book nails its colours to point of view of resource choices and availability, con- the mast early on by defining it on the first page and sidering four key resources of energy, water, food and undertaking an extensive quantitative analysis of it. The forests. The book takes a dual perspective considering how discussion of how a country’s natural endowments shape natural resource availability influences sustainability: its society may be of interest to an audience interested in (a) how societies are constrained in their choices by natural agriculture. endowments, and (b) how sustainability is determined by However the complexity of the concept of sustainability people themselves, how they work within or overcome trips the authors up at times and the book would have these constraints. A key contention of

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Published: Jun 15, 2013

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