Ebook: Seeds of Sustainability: Lessons from the Birthplace of the Green Revolution
- Tags: Sustainable Development, History, Agriculture, Ecosystems, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
- Language: English
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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Why the Yaqui Valley? An Introduction....Pages 3-12
A Brief History of the Yaqui Valley....Pages 13-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Looking for Win-Wins in Intensive Agriculture....Pages 31-45
Ecosystems and Land-use Change in the Yaqui Valley: Does Agricultural Intensification “Spare Land for Nature”?....Pages 47-62
Linking Knowledge with Action for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Change and Effectiveness....Pages 63-82
Exploring Vulnerability in the Yaqui Valley Human-Environment System....Pages 83-92
From Wheat to Waves and Back Again: Connections between the Yaqui Valley and the Gulf of California....Pages 93-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
The Yaqui Valley’s Agricultural Transition to a More Open Economy....Pages 107-138
Agricultural Research and Management at the Field Scale....Pages 139-169
Nitrogen in the Yaqui Valley: Sources, Transfers, and Consequences....Pages 171-195
Water Resources Management in the Yaqui Valley....Pages 197-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Lessons Learned....Pages 231-250
Back Matter....Pages 251-292
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Why the Yaqui Valley? An Introduction....Pages 3-12
A Brief History of the Yaqui Valley....Pages 13-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Looking for Win-Wins in Intensive Agriculture....Pages 31-45
Ecosystems and Land-use Change in the Yaqui Valley: Does Agricultural Intensification “Spare Land for Nature”?....Pages 47-62
Linking Knowledge with Action for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Change and Effectiveness....Pages 63-82
Exploring Vulnerability in the Yaqui Valley Human-Environment System....Pages 83-92
From Wheat to Waves and Back Again: Connections between the Yaqui Valley and the Gulf of California....Pages 93-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
The Yaqui Valley’s Agricultural Transition to a More Open Economy....Pages 107-138
Agricultural Research and Management at the Field Scale....Pages 139-169
Nitrogen in the Yaqui Valley: Sources, Transfers, and Consequences....Pages 171-195
Water Resources Management in the Yaqui Valley....Pages 197-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Lessons Learned....Pages 231-250
Back Matter....Pages 251-292
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