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Ethics and sustainable agriculture : bridging the ecological gaps / Fabio Caporali.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Caporali, Fabio.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sustainable agriculture.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Preface
Introduction
Ethics structure and goals
The emergence of ecological awareness
Development of ecological awareness
The emergence of ecosystem theory
The ecosystem concept
The establishment of the ecosystem theory
Research and education
International policy and ecological economics
Ethics of sustainable development
Natural capital, ecosystem services and ecological footprint
The role of education
Agriculture and sustainable development
Agroecosystem epistemology and ontology
Energetics
Matter cycling
Biodiversity
Sustainable agriculture
Site-specificity and tradition
Domestication and adaptation
Terracing for ecosystem domestication
Sustainable agriculture as a turning point of the human predicament
Agroecology as a transdisciplinary field of cooperation
Ecological intensification principles and practices
Ecological intensification through planned biodiversity
Ecological intensification: the role of hedgerows
Valuing the performances of agroecosystem ecological intensification
Institutional patterns of agriculture ecological intensification in Europe: the role of Universities
Indicators of ecological intensification in contrasting farming systems
Ecological intensification in animal husbandry
Ecological intensification of human diet
Ecological intensification in theology of creation and food ethics
Conclusions
References
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 4, 2021).
ISBN:
9783030766832
3030766837
Publisher Number:
99988910524
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