De invloed van energie, land en water op de voedselproduktie wordt door een aantal deskundigen in afzonderlijke hoofdstukken weergegeven. De bedoeling ervan is dat het als achtergrondinformatie dient bij het oplossen van het probleem van het verschaffen van voedsel voor de bevol…
In this work, Ben Wildavsky presents a popular account of how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education - and why this revolution should be welcomed, not feared.
"By 2030, China's cities will be home to 1 billion people one in every eight people on earth. What kind of lives will China's urban billion lead? And what will China's cities be like? Over the past thirty years, China's urban population expanded by 500 million people, and is on …
This book represents a unique collection of European and Asian perspectives on the production, trade and consumption of high quality food. The rapidly growing demand for organic and quality food in Europe imposes new challenges on competing food value chains. Europe, as the bigg…
In this book the results are presented of a comprehensive inventory of pork chains that has been conducted through expert interviews and in-depth case studies. The main focus of the book is on how well diverse and fragmented supply in the European pork sector matches differentia…
"This book shows the great importance of informal institutions on the economic and social development of rural China. It examines the relationship between informal institutions and rural development in China since the end of the 1970s, focusing in particular on three major infor…
by Aglietta, Michel, Bai, Guo, Jaquet, Christophe
